Quarry Workers / Joliet Stone

Historical marker location:

30 N Bluff Street, Joliet, Illinois

( Marker is on North Bluff Street north of West Jefferson Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.)

Stories in Stone. I&M Canal Passage.

The Chicago River was famously dyed green for the first time in 1962 to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The tradition has continued every year since then, and now the river is dyed green for the holiday using an eco-friendly vegetable dye.