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The Lincoln Tavern
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By Courtesy:: Ginger L. Drenning, September 5, 2012 | |
| | | 1. The Lincoln Tavern Marker | | |
Inscription. Hattie Howell Howard, born about ten miles from here in 1886, grew up hearing local lore about Abraham Lincoln. After her brother James opened the Nancy Lincoln Inn next to Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Hattie looked for her own opportunity to honor the sixteenth president.
In 1928 she and her husband Chester purchased the Knob Creek Farm. The Howards hoped to preserve the land and use the site to share the story of Lincoln’s early years in Kentucky. To serve the growing number of tourists, they built the Lincoln Tavern you see here. The tavern opened for business in 1933. Visitors enjoyed food and refreshments from the tavern’s kitchen and stopped to buy gas from the pumps outside. There was also live music and dancing in the evenings. The Howards built the tavern from rough hewn logs using trees found on the property, just as frontier settlers like Thomas and Nancy Lincoln might have done.
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The Lincoln Tavern and Knob Creek site were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 and became part of the National Park Service in 2001.
Erected by National Park Service Dept. of the Interior.
Location. 37° 36.675′ N, 85° | | | | 
By Courtesy:: Ginger L. Drenning, September 5, 2012 | |
| | | 2. The Lincoln Tavern | | |
38.299′ W. Marker is near Hodgenville, Kentucky, in Larue County. Marker can be reached from Bardstown Road (U.S. 31E) north of White City Road (Kentucky Route 470), on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Located to the left of the "Lincoln Tavern" at the 'Knob Creek Farm'. Marker is in this post office area: Hodgenville KY 42748, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Abraham Lincoln's memory of Knob Creek Farm (here, next to this marker); Slavery in the Valley (a few steps from this marker); Lincoln Knob Creek Farm (a few steps from this marker); The Lincolns at Knob Creek (within shouting distance of this marker); Living Off the Land (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Lincoln Knob Creek Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Courthouse Burned (approx. 6.1 miles away); Larue County / County Officials --- 1843 (approx. 6.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Hodgenville. |
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Courtesy:: Kentucky Historical Society | |
| | | 3. Interior of Lincoln Tavern | | |
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Courtesy:: Kentucky Historical Society | |
| | | 4. Visitors at the Lincoln Tavern | | |
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By Courtesy:: Ginger L. Drenning, September 5, 2012 | |
| | | 5. National Register of Historic Places | | |
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By Courtesy:: Ginger L. Drenning, September 5, 2012 | |
| | | 6. Information - Welcome Center | | |
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By Courtesy:: Ginger L. Drenning, September 5, 2012 | |
| | | 7. Posted Information | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on October 4, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 131 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on October 4, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
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