Monks Mound - 4th Terrace

Historical marker location:

7763 Monks Mound Trail, State Park Place, Illinois

( Marker is on Monks Mound Trail, 0.2 miles west of Collins Lane, on the right when traveling north.)

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.