Machine Shop

Historical marker location:

4785 II Road, Garden, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from State Park Road, 1 mile west of II Road (State Highway 183).)

Fayette Historic State Park.

Michigan played a key role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Detroit was an important hub for the movement, and Michigan was the first state in the Northwest Territory to outlaw slavery in 1837.