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The state memorial is believed to contain the site of the homestead, from March 1830 until March 1831, of pioneer Thomas Lincoln and about 12 members of his extended family, including grown son Abraham Lincoln. [2] The Lincolns moved to this location, west of Decatur, Illinois, from Indiana in March 1830.
An end of the Lincoln Heritage Trail at the Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial in Macon County Illinois.. The Lincoln Heritage Trail is a designation for a series of highways in the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky that links communities with pre-presidential period historical ties to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln.
Roughly bounded by Meridian, Lincoln, River Rd., Fowler, Quincy, Northwestern, and Allen Sts. 40°25′52″N 86°54′22″W / 40.431111°N 86.906111°W / 40.431111; -86.906111 ( Chauncey-Stadium Avenues Historic
The site, now Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial, was selected by Lincoln's father after the family migrated from Indiana. The 21-year-old Lincoln helped build a 16 foot by 16 foot (4.8 m by 4.8 m) cabin along the river. The following year in 1831, he canoed down the river to homestead on his own near New Salem in Menard County northwest of ...
The Lincoln Trail State Memorial is a sculpture group designed in 1937 by Nellie Verne Walker and erected in 1938 to commemorate the first entrance of Abraham Lincoln, then a destitute 21-year-old frontiersman, into Illinois.
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[3] Name on the Register [4] Image Date listed [5] Location City or town Description 1: Ames Family Homestead: Ames Family Homestead: December 19, 2012 (5332 and 5336 W150N, northwest of LaPorte
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is preparing to open a Thrift Store and Donation Center in Crossroads Centre at 10850 Lincoln Trail, suite 2, in Fairview Heights.