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The Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial is a 162-acre (66 ha) state park [1] located on the Sangamon River in Macon County near Harristown, Illinois, United States. Home of Lincoln family [ edit ]
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.
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.
Abraham Lincoln arrived with his family in the area in 1830 to settle a section of government land bisected by the river. 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.
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Lincoln Homestead State Park is a state park located just north of Springfield, Kentucky in Washington County. The park encompasses 120 acres (49 ha), and features both historic buildings and reconstructions associated with Thomas Lincoln , father of President Abraham Lincoln .
Let's face it: with all of the goals, buildings, crops, animals, trees and more available in Pioneer Trail, there just isn't enough land space to go around. If your Homestead is feeling a little ...
The 9/11 National Memorial Trail is a 1,500-mile system of trails and roads that would link the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum ... The Flight 93 National Memorial at 6424 Lincoln Highway ...