Paleoindian

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 left when traveling north.)

The First Illinoisans. 12,000-8000 BC.

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history, spent much of his early political career in Illinois. He served in the Illinois state legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.