Historical Marker
Charles E. Parker
Historical marker location:
706 West Sheridan Avenue, Shenandoah, Iowa
( Marker is at the intersection of Sheridan Avenue and Elm Street, on the right when traveling east on Sheridan Avenue.)
Shenandoah, Iowa.
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.