The third capitol building owned by the state was restored as a memorial in 1933. It was the capitol from December 3, 1836 to July 4, 1839. Abraham Lincoln was a member of the House during the three sessions of the legislature held in this . . . — — Map (db m42346) HM
On North 700E Road at E 900N Road, on the right when traveling north on North 700E Road.
One-room schoolhouses in Illinois date from the 1855 free school law, which gave local townships the incentive to create school districts with elected boards that could levy taxes to support the schools and pay teachers. It is estimated Illinois . . . — — Map (db m176682) HM
On Illinois Route 9 east of County Route 1600E, on the right when traveling west.
The Ottawa Travel Road begins in Danville. Of prehistoric origin it was used until the early 1850's. It wandered northwest following higher ground, fording streams and detouring around seasonal obstructions. Here at Ten Mile Grove it divided, one . . . — — Map (db m157152) HM
On South Main Street (Illinois Route 37) south of Church Street, on the right when traveling north.
John A. Logan 1826-1886, U.S. Representative 1859-1862, 1867-1871 Civil War General 1861-1865, U.S. Senator, 1871-1877, 1879-1886; Vice presidential Candidate with James Blaine 1884. He established Memorial Day as a National holiday in 1868.
John . . . — — Map (db m154532) HM
Near Carter Drive at Public Square, on the right when traveling east.
In the late summer of 1963, four musicians from Liverpool, England — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr — collectively known as the Beatles, were poised to conquer pop culture and music history. With three hit . . . — — Map (db m166711) HM
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 97) north of West Lincoln Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Lewistown Trail, from Springfield to Galena via Lewistown, was one of the main routes to the Galena Lead Mines from 1827 to 1837. The Trail crossed the Illinois River at Havana, where Ossian M. Ross, the founder of Lewistown, operated a ferry. He . . . — — Map (db m129216) HM
On Vine Street at Mill Street, on the left when traveling east on Vine Street.
Jonathan Boone, an older brother of the famous pathfinder Daniel Boone, built a mill on this site about 1800. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1730 and died here about 1808. His son Joseph continued to operate the mill. In 1813 Joseph was named to . . . — — Map (db m177836) HM
On Main Street at Old Shawneetown Road, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
In 1816 Congress appropriated $8000 to survey and construct a road from Kaskaskia on the Mississippi to Shawneetown on the Ohio. It became an important East-West thoroughfare for settlers entering the Illinois Territory. At this point the Goshen . . . — — Map (db m154635) HM
On Main Street south of Adams Street, on the left when traveling south.
This was the original site of the home of John Marshall, one of the founders and president of the Bank of Illinois, the first bank chartered by the Illinois Territorial Legislature. The charter was issued in 1816. The bank opened at Shawneetown in . . . — — Map (db m60312) HM
On Main Street north of Old Shawneetown Road, on the right when traveling north.
One of Shawneetown's earliest brick buildings, Rawlings' Hotel, stood on this lot. It was built in 1821-1822 for Moses Rawlings, who owned until 1841. On May 7, 1825, it was the site of a reception held for the Marquis de Lafayette during his visit . . . — — Map (db m154634) HM
On West Shawnee Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Born in Ireland in 1814, Michael K. Lawler came here to Gallatin County in 1819. After serving as a captain in the Mexican War, he lived on his farm near here until the outbreak of the Civil War. In May 1861 he recruited the 18th Illinois Volunteer . . . — — Map (db m154627) HM
On West Shawnee Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
James H. Wilson, American Army officer, engineer, and author, was born in 1837 on his family's farm about a mile south of here. He attended Shawneetown schools, McKendree College, and the United States Military Academy. In the spring of 1864, during . . . — — Map (db m154626) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 67) just north of South Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Thomas Carlin, sixth elected Governor of Illinois (1838-1842), was an early settler of Illinois and a prominent figure in organizing Greene County and establishing Carrollton as its county seat in 1821.
Born in Kentucky in 1789, Carlin came to . . . — — Map (db m142746) HM
On East Division Street / Johnson Road (Illinois Route 113) 1 mile west of Interstate 55, on the right when traveling west.
The Diamond Mine of the Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company, located near Braidwood on the Grundy-Will County line, was the site of a major mine disaster in Illinois.
The mine was on a marshy tract of land that had no natural . . . — — Map (db m6868) HM
On Buchanan Street at Fayette Street on Buchanan Street.
In the old Carthage jail, which stands one block south of here, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Prophet and Patriarch of the Mormon Church, were killed by a mob on June 27, 1844. Two years later the Mormons withdrew from Illinois, where they had settled in . . . — — Map (db m57872) HM
On Illinois Route 96 at milepost 20,, 0.1 miles south of County Road 1720, on the left when traveling north.
The fertile prairies of Illinois attracted the attention of French trader Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette as they explored the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers in 1673. France claimed this region until 1763 when he surrendered it to Great . . . — — Map (db m55419) HM
On Keokuk Street (U.S. 136) at Illinois Route 96, on the left when traveling east on Keokuk Street.
In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were explored by Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette. Their voyages resulted in French claims on the area until 1763 when, by the Treaty of Paris, France ceded the land to . . . — — Map (db m55418) HM
On North Horton Street (Illinois Route 96) south of Young Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1839 the Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, settled at Nauvoo and made it their chief city. During their residence its population reached 15,000. After long friction with non-Mormons the Mormons were expelled in 1846. Three years later French . . . — — Map (db m55444) HM
On Stone Arch Bridge Scenic Turnout west of North Durphy Street (Illinois Route 96), on the left when traveling north.
In 1839 the Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, settled at Nauvoo and made it their chief city. During their residence its population reached 15,000. After long friction with non-Mormons the Mormons were expelled in 1846. Three years later French . . . — — Map (db m244018) HM
On Illinois Route 96, 0.1 miles south of Water Street, on the right when traveling south.
Nauvoo was once the site of a Sauk and Fox village. After the Indians moved west of the Mississippi, promoters attempted to develop town sites here but the marshy bottom lands attracted few settlers.
In 1839, the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith . . . — — Map (db m55432) HM
On Park Street north of Parley Street, on the right when traveling north.
A communal society of French Icarians was established at Nauvoo in 1849. Led by Etienne Cabet, a French political theorist, the Icarians believed that all property must be held communally. The community was incorporated by the Illinois General . . . — — Map (db m55442) HM
On Illinois Route 96 at County Route 600, on the right when traveling north on State Route 96.
Here once stood the thriving community of Green Plains. Established in the early 1830s, the settlement straddled four Hancock County townships and included log homes, a store, a blacksmith shop, a post office, and several cemeteries. Levi Williams, . . . — — Map (db m243818) HM
On Main Street (Illinois Route 34) west of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling north.
Fluorite, the official Illinois state mineral, was discovered in 1839 by James Anderson while digging a well near Fairview Landing one half mile SW of this site. Fluorite was a waste product until the steel industry began using the mineral in their . . . — — Map (db m154632) HM
On Walter Payton Memorial Highway (U.S. 34) just west of East 1670th Street (County Road 39), on the right when traveling west.
Two miles north of here, religious dissident immigrants from Sweden founded the communal society of Bishop Hill in 1846. The charismatic Erik Jansson lead the society spiritually and temporally until 1850 when he was murdered. By 1854, a total of . . . — — Map (db m177481) HM
On North 900th Avenue, 0.1 miles west of County Road 00 East, on the right when traveling west.
This was the home of Fred Francis, inventor and innovator, artist and poet. Born near Kewanee in 1856, he graduated from the Illinois Industrial University, Urbana, in 1878. While there, he was one of the designers and builders of the 'Class of 78' . . . — — Map (db m213643) HM
On South Tremont Street south of West 1st Street, on the left when traveling south.
During the campaign for U.S. Senate in 1858, Abraham
Lincoln arrived in Kewanee by train from Macomb the
morning of October 27, 1858. Lincoln traveled by
carriage to Toulon to deliver a speech before
returning to Kewanee later the same day. . . . — — Map (db m202328) HM
On East State Road, 0.1 miles east of Illinois 78, on the left when traveling east.
This East-West road crossing Route 78 is one of the few intact segments of the Great Sauk Trail from the Mississippi River to Lake Erie. It was blazed along this glacial moraine by buffalo thousands of years ago as they traveled around Lake Wenno, . . . — — Map (db m213646) HM
Near Interstate 74 at milepost 28 when traveling west.
Benjamin Dann Walsh, Illinois state entomologist from 1867 to 1869, was a pioneer in
the application of insect study to agriculture. Born in England in 1808, he earned his
master's degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, England in 1833. Though . . . — — Map (db m230168) HM
Near Interstate 74 at milepost 28 when traveling east.
Benjamin Dann Walsh, Illinois state entomologist from 1867 to 1869, was a pioneer in
the application of insect study to agriculture. Born in England in 1808, he earned his
master's degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, England in 1833. Though . . . — — Map (db m230180) HM
On U.S. 24 west of North 1100 East Road, on the right when traveling east.
For many years Butterfield Trail was one of the main routes from East Central Illinois to the Chicago area. In 1831 Ben Butterfield marked out the rail from Danville to Lockport where he had settled the previous year. The trail crossed Spring Creek . . . — — Map (db m164819) HM
On South 3rd Street (County Route 7) south of East Seldon Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the third year of the American War for Independence, Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark and his army of 170 Virginia volunteers camped 5 miles southeast of here. On July 2, 1778, Clark made the fourth of five camps on his march from Fort Massac to . . . — — Map (db m161442) HM
On South Washington Street at East College Street, on the right when traveling north on South Washington Street.
The evolution of Southern Illinois University began here in 1856 when Presbyterians founded Carbondale College. Suffering hardships during the Civil War, the college was sold to the First Christian Church in the mid 1860s and renamed Southern . . . — — Map (db m161077) HM
On North Illinois Avenue (U.S. 51) at East Main Street (Illinois Route 13), on the right when traveling north on North Illinois Avenue.
On April 23, 1861, eleven days after Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, the cofounder of Carbondale, Daniel Harmon Brush, called a public meeting on this town square. Brush delivered a patriotic speech in support of the Union. Two days later, Brush . . . — — Map (db m161965) HM
On South Logan Avenue south of East Main Street (Illinois Route 13), on the right when traveling north.
On April 29, 1866, over 200 veterans and several thousand citizens gathered at Woodlawn Cemetery to honor those who had died in the Civil War. General John A. Logan delivered the keynote address, saying "Every man's life belongs to his country, and . . . — — Map (db m161076) HM
On South 11th Street at Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north on South 11th Street. Reported permanently removed.
Lindorf Ozburn, born in Jackson County, Illinois in 1823, married Diza Glenn, John A. Logan's cousin. Ozburn, who served with Logan in the Mexican War, joined the Illinois 31st Infantry at the beginning of the Civil War. On Logan's promotion to . . . — — Map (db m208665) HM
On South 10th Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south on South 10th Street.
In July 1861, J.D. Wheatley of Duquoin wrote Illinois Governor Richard Yates that a Confederate company was drilling in Murphysboro. A Union officer sent to investigate discovered a group of men in uniforms made of red and white bed ticking drilling . . . — — Map (db m160953) HM
On Walnut Street east of 11th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Dr. Conrad Will, the "Father of Jackson County," was born in Pennsylvania in 1779 and came to Illinois in 1813. He was a physician but also operated a grist mill, tannery, and salt works. He was one of the founders of Jackson County and in 1816 . . . — — Map (db m160951) HM
On South 11th Street at Walnut Street (Illinois Route 149), on the right when traveling south on South 11th Street.
Dr. John Logan, born in Ireland in 1788, came to America with his family in 1793. He moved to Jackson County in 1822 where he married Elizabeth Jenkins. Dr. Logan served four terms in the Illinois Legislature and became a friend of Abraham Lincoln. . . . — — Map (db m161005) HM
On Walnut Street (Illinois Route 149) west of 14th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Elizabeth Jenkins, born in 1803 in North Carolina, married Dr. John Logan in 1825. When her son, John A. Logan, joined the Union Army in 1861, Elizabeth refused to speak to him. In this, she reflected the strong Southern feelings held across Egypt, . . . — — Map (db m161007) HM
On South 10th Street at Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling north on South 10th Street.
The first coal mine in Illinois was located one-half mile south of here along the south bank of the Big Muddy River. William Boone and his indentured servant, a man named Peter, loaded a small raft with coal from an outcropping and, after floating . . . — — Map (db m160955) HM
On Airport Road at Glenn Road, on the right when traveling west on Airport Road.
Lt. Col. Clark and his troop of 170 Virginians camped near here on July 2, 1778. It was their third campsite during a march from Fort Massac to Kaskaskia to capture that post from the British. Earlier that day, the troop was lost for a time on . . . — — Map (db m161008) HM
On Walnut Street (Illinois Route 149) at South 11th Street, on the right when traveling east on Walnut Street.
In August 1862, federal authorities detained Israel Blanchard, John A. Logan's brother-in-law, as he walked near the court house. Blanchard was subsequently taken to the Logan Hotel, and arrested on vague charges related to alleged anti-war . . . — — Map (db m161006) HM
On Walnut Street (Illinois Route 149) west of 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
On January 10, 1816, Jackson County, created from Randolph and Johnson counties, became Illinois' ninth county. It was named for General (later President) Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans. The county's first seat, Brownsville, was . . . — — Map (db m160952) HM
On Walnut Street (Illinois Route 149) at South 11th Street, on the right when traveling east on Walnut Street.
Murphysboro celebrated its first Logan Day on August 3, 1914. This was Illinois’ second Logan Day, the first occurred in Chicago in 1897. Logan Day brought 25,000 people to Murphysboro. Among the attendees were Illinois Governor Edward F. Dunne, . . . — — Map (db m119541) HM
On Edith Street east of South 17th Street, on the right when traveling east.
John A. Logan was born here in 1826. He fought in the Battle of Bullrun as a Democratic U.S. Congressman. Logan joined the Union Army and before the Civil War's end he earned the rank of Major General. Experiences in the war changed Logan from a . . . — — Map (db m161003) HM
On Oak Street just west of South 16th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Their term of service being up in February 1865, 205 members of the 56th Illinois Infantry chose to muster out. Before doing so they fought at Bentonville, North Carolina, the regiment's final engagement. Their journey home began March 29th, 1865, . . . — — Map (db m203167) HM
On 14th Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
This building was constructed for the Southern Division of the Illinois Supreme Court, one of three divisions created by the Constitution of 1848. Court met in lodge halls in Mount Vernon prior to completion of the center section of this building . . . — — Map (db m61702) HM
On North Clear Lane, 1.5 miles east of North Campground Lane, on the right when traveling east.
The Atkinson Cemetery was established March 11, 1875, by James Atkinson, who granted the land as a community burial ground. The first recorded burial (1843) was of Sarah A. Short, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Martha "Patsy" (Maddux) Short. The . . . — — Map (db m236731) HM
On North 27th Street, 0.1 miles south of Highland View, on the right when traveling south.
The Goshen Road was one of the main arteries of travel in the early 1800's, when Illinois was frontier country. The road ran in a Northwesterly direction from Shawneetown to Edwardsville - A distance of more than 150 miles. Shawneetown and . . . — — Map (db m88993) HM
In 1834 Dr. Silas Hamilton, physician and humanitarian, bequeathed $4,000 for construction and operation of a building for educational and religious purposes. A stone schoolhouse was opened in 1836, and the tuition-free education for local . . . — — Map (db m142751) HM
On South Main Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Opened in April, 1855, the five-story, 240 room De Soto House was “the largest and most luxurious hotel in the West.” Abraham Lincoln spoke from its balcony in 1856 and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858. Ulysses S. Grant maintained his 1868 . . . — — Map (db m72275) HM
On Old Sleepy Hollow Road, on the right when traveling south.
Evangelist William "Billy" Sunday and his wife Helen "Ma" Sunday owned this farm, 1899-1913, and spent their summers here. Ma was born on the farm. Billy was born in Ames, Iowa, in 1862. He played outfield for Chicago and other National League . . . — — Map (db m55486) HM
On North Grove Avenue at Symphony Way, on the left when traveling south on North Grove Avenue.
Gail Borden, pioneer in the food preservative industry, established a milk condensing plant on this site in 1865. His discovery incorporated a process by which water was evaporated from milk, and sugar added as a preservative. This process, patented . . . — — Map (db m63650) HM
From 1866 to 1966 this site was occupied by the Elgin National Watch Company. This was the first watch factory built west of the Alleghenies and grew to become the world's largest. During its lifetime over 60 million 'Elgin' watches were . . . — — Map (db m55455) HM
On U.S. 20 at Nesler Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 20.
This marker is along the “south leg” of the Elgin road races. Beginning in 1910, many leading drivers and mechanics competed here in grueling tests of speed and endurance that contributed to the development of the modern automobile. . . . — — Map (db m55454) HM
On Dundee Avenue at Chester Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Dundee Avenue.
For more than 70 years this site was occupied by the Illinois Watch Case Company. The firm was a leader in the domestic watch industry and by the 1920s had produced more than 30 million watch cases.
A subsidiary produced jewelry goods, lockets, . . . — — Map (db m55458) HM
On South Third Street at West Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Third Street.
Allan Pinkerton, famous detective, had his home and cooperage on this lot, 1844-1850. Here he sheltered and employed slaves escaping to freedom. After helping to capture some counterfeiters, he became deputy sheriff of Kane County in 1848. In 1850 . . . — — Map (db m55485) HM
On Straford Drive East just west of Main Street NW (Illinois Route 102), on the left when traveling west.
Bourbonnais Grove’s first families came from Quebec’s Upper St. Lawrence Valley in the 1830s and ’40s to settle what would become the largest 19th century French-Canadian agrarian village in Illinois. Some immigrants moved on to found St. Anne, St. . . . — — Map (db m105623) HM
Near Croswell Avenue north of Perry Street, on the left when traveling east.
Thomas Durham bought 160 acres on this site in 1835 from Gurdon S. Hubbard. Known as the Jonveau Reserve, the land lay in an area called Bourbonnais Grove. Durham opened 20 acres for cultivation. In January 1836, parts of Cook and Iroquois Counties . . . — — Map (db m105729) HM
On Illinois Route 1 just north of East River South Road when traveling north.
This trail was blazed by Gurdon S. Hubbard, 1822–1824, connecting the trading posts of the American Fur Company between Vincennes and Chicago. Momence, near the upper crossing of the Kankakee River, is on this trail. Known also as the . . . — — Map (db m105838) HM
On East Van Emmon Street east of South Bridge Street (Illinois Route 47), on the right when traveling east.
The northern boundary of Illinois as prescribed in the Ordinance of 1787 was an East and West line from the Southern tip of Lake Michigan at approximately 41° 38', passing through this region to the Mississippi River. When Illinois applied for . . . — — Map (db m193168) HM
On East 3rd Street east of South Kellogg Street, on the left when traveling east.
Carl Sandburg, poet and historian, was born in this modest three-room cottage
on January 6, 1878. He was the son of a Swedish immigrant railroad worker. Carl
attended Lombard College in Galesburg, and his first poetry was published in
this town. . . . — — Map (db m150543) HM
On South Street, on the right when traveling east.
On October 7, 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas met in Galesburg for the fifth of seven joint debates. From a platform erected along the east side of Old Main on the Knox College campus, Lincoln said: "He is blowing out the moral lights . . . — — Map (db m37056) HM
On Illinois Route 17, 0.6 miles west of Golf Course Road, on the right when traveling east.
In this area stood a Potawatomi village when Michael Fraker arrived from Kentucky about 1830. With kindness and understanding he negotiated a peaceful settlement with the Indians and became the first permanent settler in northeastern Knox County. . . . — — Map (db m150572) HM
On Leonard Wood West, on the left when traveling south.
This U.S. Army Post was named after Civil War Cavalry General Philip Sheridan, to honor his many services to Chicago (1868-1883).
The Commercial Club of Chicago, concerned since 1877 with the need for a military garrison, was motivated by the . . . — — Map (db m55515) HM
On North Green Bay Road (Illinois Route 131) 0.2 miles north of Armour Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In 1837 William Dwyer, his wife Mary, and her brother, Dr. Richard Murphy, established a claim to the property on this site and created what was known as the Dwyer Settlement. The Dwyer homestead included a tavern and one of the three stage stops . . . — — Map (db m66619) HM
On North Saint Mary's Road (County Route 19) 0.5 miles north of West Everett Road (County Route 40), on the right when traveling south.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson – Governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953, twice the Democratic Party nominee for president, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations – built this residence in 1938. Known as "The Farm," the house, outbuildings, and . . . — — Map (db m41247) HM
On Sheridan Road (Illinois Route 137) near 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company of Worcester, MA. established a wire mill – The Waukegan Works – east of this location along Lake Michigan. The land for its Illinois operation was purchased January 16, 1891, on the . . . — — Map (db m38184) HM
On Rockland Road (Illinois Route 176) 0.1 miles east of Energy Drive, on the right when traveling west.
On June 12, 1924, the largest train robbery in U.S. history occurred near here. Bandits boarded the train in Chicago and forced postal clerks to surrender sacks containing more than two-million dollars in securities and cash. Local police . . . — — Map (db m54066) HM
On North Old Rand Road south of North Garland Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1840, Andrew C. Cook and his wife Mary Oakes came to Wauconda Township from Vermont, via the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes to Chicago and then to Wauconda. They purchased 380 acres of land at $1.25 per acre. A log cabin was erected before clearing . . . — — Map (db m54062) HM
Near North Sheridan Road, 0.2 miles north of Greenwood Avenue.
From 1912 to 1962, Bowen Park was the site of the Joseph T. Bowen Country Club, owned by the Hull-House Association of Chicago. Here, children from many national, racial and religious backgrounds learned to respect each other and the environment. . . . — — Map (db m54019) HM
Near Bloomington Avenue (Illinois Route 23) north of North 21st Road/West Main Street (County Route 6), on the right when traveling north.
John Huston Finley was born on a farm east of Grand Ridge and attended Grand
Ridge Elementary School. He graduated from Ottawa High School as valedictorian in
1882, and earned his undergraduate degree at Knox College in 1887. He went on to
Johns . . . — — Map (db m239246) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 6) west of Crosat Street, on the right when traveling west.
The story of the twin cities of LaSalle and Peru is closely interwoven with the history of the Illinois River and the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet passed through this area by way of the Illinois River . . . — — Map (db m51066) HM
Near Main Street (County Highway 15) at Mill Street, on the right when traveling north.
On July 19, 1932, unemployed workers marched toward the Marseilles
Dam, which was using out-of-state workers for a major project. As the
local workers reached the site, gunfire exploded from the dam site. 21
protesting workers were wounded and . . . — — Map (db m239352) HM
On Main Street (County Highway 15) at Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
In 1932 the national economic crisis of the Great Depression was still
growing. Workers had no legal right to organize unions, and had little
power individually to prevent lowering standards of living, but an
unemployed movement had formed. Near . . . — — Map (db m239351) HM
On 2625th Road (Illinois Route 351) at East 350th Road (County Road 62), on the right when traveling east on 2625th Road.
On the eminence to the southwest stood Fort Wilbourn, where the Third Army of Illinois volunteers was mustered in for service in the Black Hawk War. Here on June 16, 1832 Abraham Lincoln enlisted as a private in Jacob M. Early's company, his third . . . — — Map (db m184997) HM
On Illinois Route 71, 0.2 miles east of North 2401st Road (County Road 8), on the right when traveling east.
In the autumn of 1861 the valley before you, bounded by bluff, creek, and river, was known as Camp Hunter. Here on September 26, the 4th Illinois Cavalry mustered for duty, beginning military training and a three-year enlistment. White tents . . . — — Map (db m185004) HM
On Columbus Street (Illinois Route 71) just south of Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south.
On August 21, 1858, the first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas took place in this park. Approximately 10,000 people gathered to hear the two candidates discuss the question of slavery in America. . . . — — Map (db m65299) HM
On North Bloomington Street (Illinois Route 23) just north of El Camino Court, on the right when traveling north.
Clyde William Tombaugh was born near Reading (south of Streator) in 1906. He attended Heenanville Grade School and Streator High School and became interested in astronomy at an early age. In 1922 his family moved to Kansas. He built telescopes and . . . — — Map (db m145184) HM
On County Route 1570E at County Route 1200N, on the right when traveling east on County Route 1570E.
America at war in 1942 needed new bases to complete the training of its Army Air Corps cadets before they joined combat groups overseas. "Allison Prairie" in Lawrence County, Illinois, provided ideal conditions for a field due to its size and varied . . . — — Map (db m178179) HM
On State Street (Business U.S. 50) west of 11th Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1840 Abraham Lincoln, as a Whig elector, campaigned in southern Illinois for William Henry Harrison, Whig presidential candidate. Here in Lawrenceville, on October 28, he had a dispute with a local physician William G. Anderson, who the previous . . . — — Map (db m178177) HM
On 13th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on 13th Street.
On February 5, 1779, Colonel George Rogers Clark and his army began the difficult march from Kaskaskia to Fort Sackville at Vincennes. At daybreak on February 21 they began to cross the swollen Wabash near here. They went on to capture Fort . . . — — Map (db m178130) HM
On Cahokia Trace Lane (County Road 1120 N) at Red Hill Cross Road (County Road 390 E), on the right when traveling west on Cahokia Trace Lane.
The western boundary of the Vincennes Tract passed through this point. The line extended south-southwest thirty-nine miles from present-day Crawford through Lawrence, Wabash, and Edwards counties in Illinois. The Vincennes Tract was seventy-two . . . — — Map (db m98964) HM
On North Hennepin Avenue at Lincoln Statue Drive, on the left when traveling south on North Hennepin Avenue.
Was stationed here during the Black Hawk War in 1832, as captain of volunteers. On April 21, 1832, he enlisted at Richland Creek, Sangamon County, and was elected captain. He was mustered into state service at Beardstown on April 22 and into United . . . — — Map (db m78271) HM
On Franklin Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.
On May 12, 1832 Captain Abraham Lincoln's company of Illinois volunteers camped one mile west. Lincoln re-enlisted in two other companies and was frequently in Dixon. Discharged from service near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, on July 10, Lincoln passed . . . — — Map (db m78300) HM
On Wheeler Street at Chapman Street, on the right when traveling east on Wheeler Street.
Deep within the Paw Paw Grove, or As-Sim-In-Eh-Kon, Potawatomi Chief Waubonsie and his tribe made their home 1824-1836. At the Treaty of Prairie Du Chien 1829, Madeline Ogee, Potawatomi wife of Joseph Ogee, was granted two sections of land in the . . . — — Map (db m230811) HM
On Chicago Road at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Chicago Road.
The Old Chicago Trail extended from Fort Dearborn to Galena. A government mail route was established along this Indian Trail in 1829. The Potawatomi ceded their territory to the government in 1833. This route became the first east-west stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m199818) HM
On E 800 North Road (U.S. 24) west of County Road 1200E, on the left when traveling east.
One-half mile north on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad occured one of the worst wrecks in American rail history. An excursion train- two engines and approximately 20 wooden coaches - from Peoria to Niagara Falls, struck a burning culvert. Of . . . — — Map (db m30042) HM
On North 3400 East Road (County Road N 3400E) at County Road E 2900N, on the left when traveling north on North 3400 East Road.
The village of Cardiff was built on this site in 1899, after the discovery of
underground coal deposits. A mine was sunk and a relatively large town developed
within months. The town, originally known as North Campus, incorporated as the
Village . . . — — Map (db m47311) HM
On Race Street at SW Arch Street, on the left when traveling north on Race Street.
The Atlanta public library was founded in 1873 by public spirited citizens who realized the importance of books. In 1973, the museum was added for the purpose of preserving Atlanta's heritage. In 1979, this octagonal structure was listed on the . . . — — Map (db m56326) HM
On Kennedy Road (County Route 10) 0.2 miles east of Interstate 55, on the right when traveling east.
Elkhart City in Logan County is typical of the many Illinois villages whose growth was spurred by the arrival of the railroad. Founded by John Shockey in 1855, two years after the coming the Alton and Sangamon Railroad, now the Gulf Mobile and Ohio. . . . — — Map (db m159582) HM
On North Chicago Street at Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north on North Chicago Street.
Near this site Abraham Lincoln christened the Town with the juice of a watermelon when the first lots were sold on August 27, 1853.
President-Elect Lincoln spoke here, November 21, 1860, while traveling to Chicago, and Lincoln's Funeral Train . . . — — Map (db m12347) HM
On 5th Street (Business Interstate 55) at South Madison Street, on the right when traveling east on 5th Street.
On this site Dr. John Deskins erected a tavern in 1836. Abraham Lincoln, David Davis and other lawyers frequently stayed overnight here while the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court was in session at the Postville Court House. The judge, lawyers, . . . — — Map (db m56327) HM
On Keokuk Street west of Ottawa Street, on the right when traveling west.
On Abraham Lincoln's last birthday, February 12, 1865, ground was broken for Lincoln University, now Lincoln College. The town proprietors, Robert B. Latham, John D. Gillett and Virgil Hickox, donated the tract of land for the original campus, and . . . — — Map (db m105968) HM
On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east.
On this site stood two former Logan County Courthouses in which Abraham Lincoln practiced law from 1856 to until elected President. During the March term, 1859, Lincoln substituted for David Davis as the presiding judge of the Logan County Circuit . . . — — Map (db m105970) HM
On South Monroe Street north of 5th Street (Business Interstate 55), on the right when traveling west.
From 1839 to 1848 the seat of Logan County was Postville, which centered in the Court House located on this site. In this structure Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Traveling Bar of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, attended court twice a year. — — Map (db m12185) HM
On 5th Street west of South Washington Street, on the left when traveling west.
In 1835 Russell Post, a Baltimore adventurer, laid out the town of Postville which became the first Logan County seat. The town square is now Postville Park. Here Abraham Lincoln and his friends played townball a predecessor of baseball, threw the . . . — — Map (db m106028) HM
On Latham Place at Kickapoo Street, on the left when traveling west on Latham Place.
On this site stood the home of Robert B. Latham who joined John D. Gillett and Virgil Hickox to found the town of Lincoln in 1853. Abraham Lincoln, judges and lawyers of the eighth judicial circuit were frequent guests in his home. — — Map (db m147790) HM
On Decatur Street south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
On this site during the senatorial campaign of 1858 Stephen A. Douglas spoke to a Democratic political rally in a circus tent on September 4th. Douglas' opponent for the Senate seat, Abraham Lincoln, was on the train from Bloomington to Springfield . . . — — Map (db m105971) HM
On 8th Street at North Union Street, on the right when traveling east on 8th Street.
This internationally known African-American author (1902-1967) acknowledges in his autobiography The Big Sea that he wrote his first poem while attending Central School here in Lincoln. Ethel Welch, his eighth grade teacher, asked him to write the . . . — — Map (db m105976) HM
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