Henkel Woods / Toepfer Park

Historical marker location:

8700 Toepfer Rd, Warren, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from Toepfer Road near MacArthur Boulevard.)

Marker installed: 2017

Mark Wiegand 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.