Plum River Falls

Historical marker location:

Savanna, Illinois

( Marker is on Unnamed Road in Old Mill Park, 0.1 miles east of Chicago Avenue (U.S. 52), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1968

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.