Andres Memorial Park

Historical marker location:

Charles City, Iowa

( Marker is at the intersection of Gibert Street (U.S. 18) and Hildreth Street, on the left when traveling north on Gibert Street.)

Marker installed: 1937

In the mid-1800s, Iowa was a major hub for the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to freedom in the North.