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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URQ_calvin-e-king-house_La-Harpe-IL.html
On October 23, 1858, while campaigning for election to the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln was a guest in this home, then occupied by Calvin E. King. René Cossitt Jr. Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZD_nauvoo-survey-stone_Nauvoo-IL.html
This is the site of the original survey stone for Nauvoo, the "city beautiful," founded by church members in 1839 after they were forced to leave Missouri. All streets of the city were platted from this point. The two widest streets in Nauvoo at t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1397_lincolns-carthage-speech_Carthage-IL.html
Abraham Lincoln defended himself against political attacks during much of the speech he delivered here on the courthouse grounds on October 22, 1858. Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken here eleven days earlier, had accused Lincoln of being too coz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1395_lincoln-and-agriculture_Carthage-IL.html
Agricultural life has defined the very essence of Hancock County from the earliest days of its Anglo-American settlement. Lincoln, however, seemed indifferent to agriculture. Once he left his father's home, Lincoln never farmed again. But he came …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1391_the-old-jail_Carthage-IL.html
In the old Carthage jail which stands one block south of here, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Prophet and Patriarch of the Mormon Church were killed by a mob on June 27, 1844. Two years later the Mormons withdrew from Illinois, where they had settled in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1390_lincoln-in-hancock-county_Carthage-IL.html
Hancock County was off the beaten track for Abraham Lincoln. County residents were more familiar with his senatorial opponent, Stephen A. Douglas. In October 1858, Lincoln addressed an enthusiastic audience on the Carthage square. Afterward, he wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138Y_historic-carthage-jail_Carthage-IL.html
Alexander Sympson knew Lincoln when they were small boys in Kentucky. Like Lincoln, he moved to Illinois in the 1830's, and arrived in Carthage in early 1844, just as contention with the Mormons was peaking. In 1858 Sympson was the most optimistic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138W_hamilton-house_Carthage-IL.html
Abraham Lincoln probably stayed at the Hamilton House when he came to Carthage in 1839 to serve as the defendant's counsel in the Fraim murder trial. There are no other known Lincoln court cases in Hancock County. But he did handle several local c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138V_masonic-lodge-building-of-1887_Carthage-IL.html
This building was constructed by N. P. McKee and the Hancock Masonic Lodge in 1887. It was designed by Geo. W. Payne, a nationally renowned architect, with a large arched window and pyramid-shaped roof. in 1924 the building was purchased by Missis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138U_lincolns-failed-murder-case_Carthage-IL.html
Abraham Lincoln lost a murder case here in April, 1839 A drunken Irish deckhand, William Fraim, killed a shipmate while their steamboat was docked at Frederick on the Illinois River in Schuyler County. When the shipmate blew cigar smoke in his fac…
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