Sunken Park is one of Fairbury's history mysteries. Nobody really knows why it is sunken about 36 inches from the rest of Main Street. The most likely explanation is that the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad back in 1857 removed dirt and used it to level the tracks through Fairbury. What is now Veteran's Memorial Park one block west was also originally sunken by the same amount. Around 1901, it was filled to level to make that park.

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