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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNS_lets-debate-by-john-mcclarey_Shelbyville-IL.html
Sculptor John McClarey is a former Illinois high school history teacher with an international reputation as an artistic interpreter of Abraham Lincoln. He has won many prestigious awards for his work, including the Order of Lincoln in 2009. His Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKL8_lincoln-thornton-debate_Shelbyville-IL.html
Left Section In the summer of 1856, Abraham Lincoln traveled across much of Illinois, giving speeches supporting the new Republican Party and its national and state candidates. On August 9, 1856, Lincoln arrived in Shelbyville to participate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKKS_traveling-the-circuit_Shelbyville-IL.html
Left Section Taverns - - or Inns - - were the primary accommodation for the circuit traveler. Before arriving in Shelbyville, the judge and lawyers had a two-day journey from Paris, usually with an overnight stay in Charleston. Abraham Linco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKK2_anthony-thornton_Shelbyville-IL.html
Left Section Anthony Thornton and Abraham Lincoln led fairly similar lives. Both were born in Kentucky, were tall, and were Whigs. Both began practicing law in Illinois in 1836, even though Thornton was college-educated and read law in an u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79R_abraham-lincoln-eighth-judicial-district_Shelbyville-IL.html
Abraham Lincolntraveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ???1847 - 1857 Smaller Plaque:Presented to the Kuilka Chapter D. A. R. by O. J. Penwell
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79Q_lincoln-thornton-debate-lincoln-circuit_Shelbyville-IL.html
Larger Marker HereAbraham LincolnandAnthony ThorntonJune 15, 1856debated for and againstFreedomin our territories.It was the initial speech that madeLincoln PresidentandThe Great Emancipator. Smaller MarkerLincoln Circuit1847 - 1858He practi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79J_freedom-square_Shelbyville-IL.html
May this site of "Freedom Square" be an eternal remembrance of those Shelby County Veterans who served and sacrificed that all people might live in a world of peace and freedom. [On either side of the inscription are photo etchings of Gen. MacA…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM75X_soldiers-and-sailors-monument_Shelbyville-IL.html
On the Pillar 1776 - 17811812 - 18141846 - 18481861 - 18651898 - 1898On the Base Erected in1907in memory of theSoldiers and SailorsofShelby County Individual brass markers - similar to those shown in the first photo - denoting various war…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM72M_first-commercial-pick-up-baler_Shelbyville-IL.html
In the Shelbyville area during the Spring of 1929, Raymore McDonald designed and developed the first commercial pick-up baler as conceived and financed by Horace Tallman and his sons, Leslie R. And Gentry L. These balers were marketed for many yea…
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