Though this area now plays host to athletes and picnickers, it once served as a training ground for soldiers during the Civil War. The camp, which extended from the river to 7th Avenue, was where soldiers of the 8th and 17th cavalry regiments trained. Today, a plaque, erected in Langum Park in 1982, commemorates the significance of Camp Kane in both local and national history. (Read more on the St. Charles Public Library website.)