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Shelby Township on the Underground Railroad
Updated on 03/03/2021 2:27 PM
One mile northwest of Utica, just off River Bends Drive, one can still see slabs of pitted concrete above the thick brush in River Bends Park in Shelby Township.
The slabs are remnants of Spring Hill Farm, a 19th-century refuge for freedom-seeking African Americans flight to Canada. As part of the Underground Railroad, Spring Hill Farm was one stop of many on a route for freedom seekers away from slaveholders to Canada.