Illinois: Illinois State Historical Society
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The Lincoln Cabin stood near the north bank of the Sangamon River about 600 yards to the east.
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Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, a French Jesuit, reported as early as 1721 that the land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers would be a strategic location for settlement and fortification. Nearly a century later, in 1818, the Illinois…
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In this area Joseph Kitchell who settled here in 1817 erected a Grist Mill and Distillery which eliminated the trip to Shakertown, Indiana where the farmers had previously taken their grain.Horses were used for power, grain was taken in pay, converted to wh…
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About 1812 the settlers in this area built Fort LaMotte for protection from hostile indians.The pioneers farmed the adjoining land but stayed within easy reach of the protective walls.After the War of 1812 the Indian threat diminished and the inhabitants of…
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Here stood the Dubois Tavern. Jesse K. Dubois, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an official in the United States Land Office in Palestine from 1849-1853 and later became the Auditor of Public Accounts for Illinois. His son, Fred T. Dubois, became a Se…
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Here stood the home of Edward N. Cullom who with Joseph Kitchell platted the Village of Palestine in 1818.They donated to the county the land including the Public Square for the County Seat. Early court sessions were held in the Cullom home.
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Two early residents of Palestine, John Houston and Francis Dickson, purchased this lot as the site for a combination dwelling and store about 1818.By 1820 their stock of merchandise provided nearby settlers with goods which they previously had to bring from…
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On this block Mary Ann (Elwell) Gogin operated a General Merchandise Store in the late nineteenth century. One of the first women in Illinois to own and manage her own store. Mrs. Gogin was affectionately known as "Auntie" to the residents of Palestine.
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A United States Land Office was located at this site in 1820 and operated until 1855. Settlers from as far as Chicago came here to file on homesteads.Young Abraham Lincoln passing through Palestine in 1830 with his family in emigrant wagons noticed a crowd …
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On this site stood the home of Augustus C. French (1808-1864) when he was elected the ninth Governor of Illinois.The early settlers in Illinois came mostly from Southern States so that French, a native of New Hampshire, was the first "Yankee" to be elected …