Lincoln City in Spencer County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Crop Fields

Photographed by Shane Oliver, June 25, 2021

1. Crop Fields Marker

Inscription. Pioneers like Thomas Lincoln grew a variety of crops including corn and tobacco. Typically a family would consume some of the harvest and sell the remainder for cash. Today the fields are planted with common 19th-century crops and cultivated by methods the settlers used.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 38° 7.185′ N, 86° 59.772′ W. Marker is in Lincoln City, Indiana, in Spencer County. It is on Lincoln Boyhood Trail, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located along the Lincoln Boyhood Trail, one of three walking trails at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 County Rd 300 E, Lincoln City IN 47552, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Tri-State Region

and in Southern Indiana.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cabin Site Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Lincoln Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Log Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Carpenter Shop (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Kitchen Garden (about 400 feet

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away); Chicken Coop (about 400 feet away); Lincoln Boyhood Trails (about 400 feet away); Barn (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lincoln City.

Photographed by Shane Oliver, November 27, 2021

2. Crop Fields Marker

Crop Fields At the Lincoln Boyhood Farm image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Shane Oliver, June 25, 2021

3. Crop Fields At the Lincoln Boyhood Farm

Photographed by Shane Oliver, June 25, 2021

4. Crop Fields At the Lincoln Boyhood Farm

Farm Equipment Near the Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Shane Oliver, June 25, 2021

5. Farm Equipment Near the Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 246 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 12, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. 2. submitted on November 27, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 12, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.