Kickapoo Town

Historical marker location:

1101 Memorial Park Rd, Lincoln, Illinois

( Marker is on Memorial Park Road south of 1520 Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1984

Gilham Family Held Captive 1790.

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.