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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWV6_currans-jewelry-shop_Springfield-IL.html
The Gregarious General Isaac B. Curran was a prominent citizen in Lincoln's Springfield. His store here on the south side of the square was a popular gathering place for Lincoln's political opponents. Curran arrived as a young silversmith from Ith…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWS8_lincolns-dentist_Springfield-IL.html
Americans had poor oral hygiene in Lincoln's era.Rotten teeth and foul breath were common (halitosis was not yet a social evil). Calomel frequently prescribed by doctors for fevers caused many people to have loose teeth. Dentistry was plagued by i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWS7_c-m-s-smith-store_Springfield-IL.html
Shoppers at Clark M. Smith's All-Purpose Store on the South Side of the public square seldom paid cash. Money was scarce; credit accounts were common. Smith's in-laws—-the Lincolns—-had an account. After her husband lost the Senate rac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWS6_the-bath-barber-shop_Springfield-IL.html
"The bathing rooms now kept by Rev. S. S. Ball in the rear of his Barber's Shop are in elegant trim for the accommodation of his Friends and the public," advertised Elder Samuel S. Ball.His shop was on the south side of the public square (1849-185…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWR3_in-their-springfield-prime_Springfield-IL.html
1854 marked Lincoln's public return to politics following a five-year hiatus. That year Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois pushed the "Kansas-Nebraska Act" through the U.S. Congress, overturning the 1820 Missouri Compromise line. Fearing the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWR1_the-lincoln-boys-in-1854_Springfield-IL.html
The Springfield "urban" environment that shaped the childhood of the Lincoln boys was a far cry from the "backwoods wilderness" their father knew as a child. "Pay schools" and academies, railroad trains and fancy carriages, circuses and Sunday sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWQY_streetscape-1859_Springfield-IL.html
This is the how the east side of the public square looked from this vantage point (circa 1859), looking north along Sixth Street. The picture shows how buildings were refurbished following the great east-side fire of February 1858. but the litter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWQX_lincolns-springfield_Springfield-IL.html
Twenty-eight-year-old Abraham Lincoln settled here in 1837. He was unmarried, unlearned, unrefined, with "no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me." On the day before his fifty-second birthday, Lincoln left here a profoundly changed man; a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWQV_the-american-house_Springfield-IL.html
Social galas and political functions were common at the American House. Stephen A.Douglas sometimes used the hotel as headquarters for the Democrats. (Below Left) A newspaper published Springfield's newest hotel under the direction of J. Clifton, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWQM_corneau-diller-drug-store_Springfield-IL.html
Apothecaries in the mid-19th century carried a surprising variety of drugs and remedies—-potassium iodide for rheumatism and syphilis, sulphate of quinine for tooth powder, opium elixir for toothache, and camphor for an aphrodisiac. "Cure-al…