In 1890, Congress approved a World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. During the second half of the 19th century there were fairs and expositions held in London, Paris, and other great cities throughout the world. The World's Columbian Exposition, held in 1893, was the first significant and economically successful U.S. world's fair.
             In this paper I will discuss the history of the Columbian Exposition by analyzing and answering these important components. Why was it built? Who attended? What were the attractions? Finally, I will end with a discussion about the Nations connection to the rest of the world during the Columbian Exposition.
             In order to have a successful worlds fair you must find someone whom can make such a dream into a reality. Beginning in 1891, the Exposition's Chief Planner, Daniel Burnham and Chief Landscape Architect, Fredrick Olmstead, managed the design and construction. Olmstead chose marshy Jackson Park to create his visions. A group of well-known architects, including Henry Ives Cobb (Fish and fisheries building) Richard Morris Hunt (Administration building) Charles McKim- ( Agricultural building) George B. Post (Manufactures building) and Louis Sullivan (transportation building) Sophie Hayden (Woman's Building.)
             Other architects that took part include, W. L. B. Jenney (Horticultural Building) Peabody & Stearns (Machinery Building) S. S. Beman (Mines and Mining Building) Van Brunt & Howe (Electricity Building) And C. B. Atwood-Peristyle designed the Music Hall, Casino, Fine Arts Building, Forestry Building, Dairy Building, and the Terminal Railway Station.
             Planners selected a neo-classical architectural theme for the fair over the objections of the more "original" Chicago architects.
             Although two architects "shunned" the neo-classical style. Cobb the designer of the famo...