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Hamlin Garland was born in West Salem in a log cabin in September 1860 on a farm his father bought a year earlier. [5] When he was older, he moved away from Wisconsin and lived elsewhere, particularly in Massachusetts, Iowa, and Illinois.
The Funk Family is composed of Midwestern United States pioneers who did business in the fields of agriculture, politics, finance and civic life. [1] Abraham Lincoln was one of Funk Farms' first attorneys [2] and later served in the Illinois House of Representatives with Isaac Funk, who was a friend of Lincoln's and a booster when Lincoln ran for president. [3]
The village of Orangeville is located in northern Stephenson County, about two miles (3 km) south of the Illinois-Wisconsin border directly off of Illinois Route 26. The village is 11 miles (18 km) south of Monroe, Wisconsin , 12 miles (19 km) north of Freeport , 35 miles (56 km) west of Rockford and 60 miles (97 km) east of Dubuque, Iowa .
In response to budget cuts, the state of Illinois temporarily closed the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site from December 2008 until April 2009. [4] On January 22, 2014, part of the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [5]
The Shriver Farmstead is a historic farm located on County Line Road northwest of Virden, Illinois. The farm consists of an historic mansion, two barns and a smokehouse; it also includes a creek on 6.12 acres (2.48 ha) of land. Owner John Ryan built the farm's original buildings from 1858 to 1860.
Fountain Lake Farm, also known as the Wisconsin Farm Home of John Muir, is a historic farm and National Historic Landmark in rural Montello, Wisconsin, United States. The landmark covers part of the farm that was the home of pioneering conservationist John Muir from 1849 to 1856 and 1860 to 1862. Covering 80 acres (32 ha), the landmarked area ...
This is a list of the 62 National Register of Historic Places listings in Evanston, Illinois. Current listings. 1] Name ... The Homestead. February 1, 2006
The homestead was built by John Palo, a Finnish immigrant, and his wife, Justina. [2] It is made up of a house, a wellhouse, an outhouse and a combination building. The latter contains a sauna, a woodshed and a shop. After John's death in 1949 and Justina's death in 1977, the property was vacant, though it remained in the family.