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Lincoln State Park is a state park of Indiana, United States. It is located in southern Indiana in Spencer County approximately 35 miles (56 km) east of Evansville. The park was established in 1932 and encompasses 1,747 acres (707 ha). There are 10 miles (16 km) of trails in the park.
Colonel William Jones House, [2] also known as William Jones State Historic Site, [3] is a historic house in Gentryville and the Lincoln State Park in Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1975. [4] William Jones (1803–1864) was a farmer, merchant, soldier, and ...
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 B-Line is the only Indiana trail to make the list. Most of the Top 10 trails are in the nation’s east. The nearest other trail in the Top 10 is the Little Miami Scenic Trail in Ohio.
A tablet marking Lincoln's First Home in Illinois. The abandoned Lincoln cabin remained on the site and was re-used as a school house and a farm building. [4] It was ignored until 1865 when it was dismantled and shipped for public viewing to Chicago; Boston Common; and finally the private museum in New York City operated by showman P.T. Barnum.
The main attraction of the park is the 146-acre (59 ha) Lincoln Trail Lake, which was the third lake created in Illinois (1955-1956) using federal monies under the Dingell-Johnson Act. The lake's maximum depth is 41 feet (12 m). [4] The park offers camping, hiking, fishing and boating (outboard motors are limited to 10 horsepower (7.5 kW)).
The loaded bowls were such a hit that the restaurant added variations to its menu, including the Mac & Cheese Bowl in 2019, and the Smash’d Potato Bowl, which debuted early last year.
Lincoln Pioneer Village is a memorial along the Ohio River in Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana to President Abraham Lincoln who lived in the county during his boyhood years. [2] It was built in 1934 and 1935 [2] [3] in the city park by the Works Progress Administration. [4] George Honig, an artist and sculptor from Spencer County, designed the ...