Sauer General Store

Historical marker location:

Long Grove, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of Old McHenry Road and Robert Parker Coffin Road, on the left when traveling east on Old McHenry Road.)

1869.

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo was founded in 1868, making it one of the oldest zoos in the United States. The zoo originally housed a pair of swans, but it has since grown to house over 1,000 animals from around the world.