Colonel Ulysses S. Grant

Historical marker location:

6858 Old Jacksonville Road, New Berlin, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of Old Jacksonville Road (County Route 8) and New Salem Church Road, on the left when traveling west on Old Jacksonville Road.)

Marker installed: 1961

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.