Looking For a Few Good Men

Historical marker location:

4372 Park Road, Ellis Grove, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from Park Road west of Shawneetown Trail (County Route 3).)

Illinois was the first state in the country to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery. The amendment was ratified by Illinois on February 1, 1865, before it was ratified by any other state.