The Flight of the Vin Fiz

Historical marker location:

204 West Main Street, Streator, Illinois

( Marker is on West Main Street (Illinois Route 18) just west of North Bloomington Street (Illinois Route 23), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2018

Calbraith P. Rogers

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.