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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12JA_getting-there-from-here_Decatur-IL.html
The road beside this wayside exhibit is west main street. It was one of the main routes into and out of the City of Decatur all during the time of Lincoln's travels as a lawyer on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, the main system of justice and law for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11MS_lincolns-first-illinois-home_Niantic-IL.html
On an eminence overlooking the Sangamon River three miles south of here stood the first home of Lincoln in Illinois. To this site came the Lincoln family in March, 1830. Here they lived until 1831, when the parents removed to Coles County and Abra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11MR_lincoln-national-memorial-highway_Niantic-IL.html
From the site of the Lincoln cabin on the Sangamon three miles south of here, to the Wabash River opposite Vincennes, the Lincoln National Memorial Highway follows substantially the route taken by the Lincoln family in their migration from Indiana…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRMG_a-favorite-lies-here_Decatur-IL.html
John Hanks was born in 1802 in Kentucky, he was a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln through Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. John Hanks stated that he first knew Lincoln when he was a boy of twelve in Spencer County, Indiana. However, it was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7T_lortons-trading-post_Argenta-IL.html
In 1816 while this land area was still a part of the Illinois Territory and before Illinois became a state on December 3, 1818, two brothers named Lorton from St. Joseph, Michigan came to this vicinity and built an Indian trading house which also…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7J_potawatomi-trail-of-death_Argenta-IL.html
Forcibly removed from northen Indiana to eastern Kansas, over 800 Potawatomi encamped here, cared for sick, and were allowed to hunt; 2 children and 1 woman died; 39 deaths occurred along the entire route. Sponsors: Hanson Engineers, Springfield M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM818_site-of-the-lincoln-cabin_Decatur-IL.html
The Lincoln Cabin stood near the north bank of the Sangamon River about 600 yards to the east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM80B_first-home-of-abraham-lincoln-in-illinois_Decatur-IL.html
In March 1830 Abraham Lincoln came from Indiana with his family to settle here in Macon County at a place on the north side of the Sangamon River ten miles westerly from Decatur.The Lincolns built a log cabin and broke the sod to raise a crop of c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM80A_whitley-mill-and-dam_Decatur-IL.html
erected in this area circa 1843 by Shelton G. Whitley. He was later joined by his brother, James Whitley, who helped him operate the mill for many years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7XI_first-home-in-illinois-of-abraham-lincoln_Decatur-IL.html
Main Marker: This Tablet marks the site of the First Home in Illinois ofAbraham Lincoln.- - 1831 - - Secondary Marker: RededicatedStephen Decatur Chapter,NSDAR1990
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