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The state memorial, created in 1938 on the Whitley site, now serves as a park and picnic area for the greater Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The park contains mature second-growth bottomland timber, including black walnut trees; the Whitleys' pioneer cemetery; and the remains of the flour mill and dam on the Sangamon River. The park was ...
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 Log Cabin State Historic Site is an 86-acre (0.3 km 2) history park located eight miles (13 km) south of Charleston, Illinois, U.S., near the town of Lerna. The centerpiece is a replica of the log cabin built and occupied by Thomas Lincoln, father of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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.
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.
The original cabin where Abraham Lincoln’s mother grew up is located at Lincoln Homestead State Park in Washington County. The park, about 1-hour drive from Lexington, also includes a replica of ...
It lies within Harristown Township and is bordered to the east by the city of Decatur, the county seat. Downtown Decatur is 7 miles (11 km) to the east, while Springfield, the state capital, is 33 miles (53 km) to the west. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harristown has a total area of 1.80 square miles (4.66 km 2), all land. [1]
Local Macon County park resources include Lake Decatur, Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial, Rock Springs Conservation Area, Fort Daniel Conservation Area, Sand Creek Recreation Area, Griswold Conservation Area, Friends Creek Regional Park, and Spitler Woods State Natural Area. The Decatur Park District [9] resources include 2,000 acres of ...