Mississippian

Historical marker location:

1500 South 5th Street, Quincy, Illinois

( Marker is on Indian Mounds Park, 0.1 miles west of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.)

The First Farmers. AD 1000-1300.

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955. The restaurant was designed to be a drive-in, but it quickly became popular with families and eventually evolved into the fast-food chain we know today.