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Photographer: Courtesy: Chigago Historical
Caption: Chicago "Wigwam"
Additional Description: The National Republican Convention was held in this new wooden structure in Chicago, Illinois. It is here that Abraham Lincoln's team was able to get Lincoln nominated as a candidate. "Wigwam" was known in 1860's as an Indian name for "temporary place." The public took to the name: calling those that met at the "Wigwam" as the Big Political Chiefs of the Country.
Submitted: January 26, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p14670
File Size: 0.041 Megabytes

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