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201 ► Illinois, Knox County, Galesburg — Beecher Chapel —
202 ► Illinois, Knox County, Galesburg — 3 — Lincoln-Douglas Debate —
203 ► Illinois, Knox County, Galesburg — The Fifth Debate — Looking for Lincoln —
204 ► Illinois, Lake County, Gurnee — The Journey —
205 ► Illinois, Lake County, Gurnee — The Mother Rudd Barn — Historic Garden — 1840 s —
206 ► Illinois, Lake County, Gurnee — The Mother Rudd Barn —
207 ► Illinois, Lake County, Gurnee — Timeline —
208 ► Illinois, Lake County, Gurnee — Timeline —
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209 ► Illinois, Lake County, Gurnee — Underground Railroad —
210 ► Illinois, Lake County, Gurnee — Underground Railroad in Illinois —
211 ► Illinois, Lake County, Lake Zurich, Ela Township — Thy Wondrous Story, Illinois —
212 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Lowell — Benjamin Lundy — 1789 - 1839 —
213 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Ottawa — First Lincoln-Douglas Debate — Looking for Lincoln —
214 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Ottawa — Hossack House —
215 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Ottawa — Jim Gray's Escape to Freedom —
216 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Ottawa — Lincoln and Douglas Debate —
217 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Ottawa — The First Lincoln-Douglas Debate —
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218 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Ottawa — The Home of John Hossack —
219 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Ottawa — Washington Square — Site of First Lincoln-Douglas Debate —
220 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Troy Grove — Prudence Crandall: Abolitionist, Educator, and Woman’s Rights Advocate —
221 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Troy Grove — Wild Bill Hickok — State Memorial —
222 ► Illinois, Macon County, Decatur — Let Us All Be United — Looking for Lincoln —
223 ► Illinois, Macoupin County, Carlinville — Abraham Lincoln — Carlinville Lawyer —
224 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — College Avenue Presbyterian Church — 1837 —
225 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — College Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Old Rock House — The Anti-Slavery Society Is Born —
226 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Discover History All Around Alton — Looking for Lincoln —
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227 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy —
228 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy —
229 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy —
230 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Freedom's Martyr — Elijah P. Lovejoy — Looking for Lincoln —
231 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — 1 — Godfrey, Gilman & Co. Warehouse —
232 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton —
233 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lincoln-Douglas Debates! — Lincoln's Rise to Prominence —
234 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lovejoy Assassination Site — Nov. 7, 1837 —
235 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lyman Trumbull House — New Birth of Freedom — Looking for Lincoln —
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236 ► Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville — Governor Coles and Slavery —
237 ► Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville — Governor Edward Coles — 1822-1826 —
238 ► Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville — The Weir House —
239 ► Illinois, Madison County, Godfrey — Great Rivers Park — History of Godfrey — Meeting of the Great Rivers —
240 ► Illinois, McDonough County, Macomb — Oakwood Cemetery —
241 ► Illinois, McLean County, Bloomington — The Lost Speech —
242 ► Illinois, Monroe County, Maeystown — Village of Maeystown —
243 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Benjamin Henderson —
244 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Elihu Wolcott —
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245 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Henry Irving —
246 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Joseph O. King — Born May 18, 1814 • Died Apr. 16, 1887 —
247 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Julia Wolcott Carter —
248 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Lincoln and Slavery — Looking for Lincoln —
249 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Michael Huffaker — Died April 9, 1883 —
250 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — William C. Verry — Died March 10, 1877 —
251 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — William Chauncey Carter —
252 ► Illinois, Ogle County, Oregon — The Stinson House —
253 ► Illinois, Peoria County, Peoria — Pettengill-Morron House —
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254 ► Illinois, Pike County, Barry, Hadley Township — Free Frank and Free Lucy McWorter — New Philadelphia Walking Tour — Augmented Reality Guidepost 1 —
255 ► Illinois, Pike County, Barry, Hadley Township — Free Frank and Free Lucy McWorter — Founders of New Philadelphia —
256 ► Illinois, Pike County, Barry, Hadley Township — John Bixler and Kezia Clark — New Philadelphia Walking Tour — Augmented Reality Guidepost 3 —
257 ► Illinois, Pike County, Barry, Hadley Township — New Philadelphia and the Underground Railroad —
258 ► Illinois, Pike County, Barry, Hadley Township — New Philadelphia Town Site —
259 ► Illinois, Randolph County, Chester — Thomas Mather — 1795-1853 —
260 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — A Lot of Activism in the Neighborhood —
261 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — Jameson Jenkins Ct. —
262 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — Scott Burton Blvd. —
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263 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — The Springfield Race Riot of 1908 —
264 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — The Underground Railroad in Lincoln's Neighborhood —
265 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — Thomas Houston Ave. —
266 ► Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Old Aristocracy Hill — William Donnegan Ln. —
267 ► Illinois, Scott County, Winchester — Winchester, Illinois — Lincoln's First Challenge of Douglas and Destiny —
268 ► Illinois, St. Clair County, Belleville — Gustavus Koerner — 1809-1896 —
269 ► Illinois, St. Clair County, Belleville — Gustavus P. Koerner / Sophia Engelmann Koerner — 1809-1896 / 1815-1888 (respectively) — German-American Reformers —
270 ► Illinois, St. Clair County, Belleville — Lyman Trumbull — 1813-1896 — Apprentice Politician to National Leader —
271 ► Illinois, St. Clair County, Brooklyn — Freedom Village — in the C.A. 1829-1837 —
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272 ► Illinois, St. Clair County, Caseyville — Old Bethel Baptist Church —
273 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport — Oscar Taylor Home —
274 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport — Second Joint Appearance — Abraham Lincoln & Stephen A. Douglas —
275 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport — The Freeport Lincoln-Douglas Debate — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
276 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Abraham Lincoln — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
277 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Boulder Dedication — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
278 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Douglas Re-elected — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
279 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Early Slavery Issues — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
280 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Kansas-Nebraska Act — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
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281 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Lincoln-Douglas Debate —
282 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Second Lincoln-Douglas Debate Monument —
283 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Stephen A. Douglas — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
284 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — The Legacy Remains — Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square —
285 ► Illinois, Stephenson County, Freeport, Freeport Township — Welcome to Debate Square — The Road To The Civil War Ran Through Freeport —
286 ► Illinois, Tazewell County, Pekin — Nance Legins-Costley —
287 ► Illinois, Tazewell County, Pekin — Pvt. William Henry Costley — 29th U.S.C.T. Co. B —
288 ► Illinois, Tazewell County, Pekin — Tazewell County Remembers —
289 ► Illinois, Will County, Plainfield — Green-Lutter House — c. 1845 —
290 ► Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, West Central — The Samuel Brenton Home —
291 ► Indiana, Boone County, Whitestown — Albert Smith White —
292 ► Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville — 10.2008.01 — Hannah Toliver —
293 ► Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg — Elijah Anderson —
294 ► Indiana, Decatur County, Greensburg — 16.2007.1 — Donnell -V.- State, 1852 —
295 ► Indiana, Decatur County, Greensburg — 16.2008.1 — Escape of Caroline, 1847 —
296 ► Indiana, Elkhart County, Bristol — 20.2007.1 — Graves et al v. Indiana —
297 ► Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany — 22.2004.1 — A Gateway to Freedom —
298 ► Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany — 22.2012.1 — Mob Violence, 1862 —
299 ► Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany — 22.2007.2 — New Albany and Salem Railroad (The Monon) —
300 ► Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany — The Town Clock Church —

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