| Illinois (Shelby County), Shelbyville — Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District — Shelbyville, Illinois — County-Seat Marker |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857
[Smaller Plaque)]:
Presented to the Kuilka Chapter D. A. R. by O. J. Penwell — Map (db m11295) |
| Illinois (Shelby County), Shelbyville — First Commercial Pick-up Baler — Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering |
| | In the Shelbyville area during the Spring of 1929, Raymore McDonald designed and developed the first commercial pick-up baler as conceived and financed by Horace Tallman and his sons, Leslie R. And Gentry L.
These balers were marketed for many years by the Ann Arbor Machine Company of Shelbyville. This concept of field processing of farm forages made a significant contribution to the efficiency and economy of mechanized forage harvesting in the world's agriculture.
This basic field . . . — Map (db m10992) |
| Illinois (Shelby County), Shelbyville — Freedom Square |
| | May this site of "Freedom Square" be an eternal remembrance of those Shelby County Veterans who served and sacrificed that all people might live in a world of peace and freedom.
[On either side of the inscription are photo etchings of Gen. MacArthur walking ashore (left side) and U.S. Marines raising the flag at Mt. Suribachi (right side). Underneath the etching of Gen. MacArthur is engraved]:
Thank You Vets — Map (db m11287) |
| Illinois (Shelby County), Shelbyville — Lincoln-Thornton Debate / Lincoln Circuit |
| | [Larger Marker]:
Here
Abraham Lincoln
and
Anthony Thornton
June 15, 1856
debated for and against
Freedom
in our territories.
It was the initial speech that made
Lincoln President
and
The Great Emancipator.
[Smaller Marker]:
Lincoln Circuit
1847 - 1858
He practised law here
occupied a room in the hotel
then known as
Tackets Tavern. — Map (db m11294) |
| Illinois (Shelby County), Shelbyville — Soldiers and Sailors Monument — Shelby County War Memorial |
| | [On the Pillar]:
1776 - 1781
1812 - 1814
1846 - 1848
1861 - 1865
1898 - 1898
[On the Base]:
Erected in
1907
in memory of the
Soldiers and Sailors
of
Shelby County
[Individual brass markers - similar to those shown in the first photo - denoting various wars since 1898 surround the base] — Map (db m11131) |
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