On County Route 1250 N west of County Route N 300 E, on the right when traveling west.
Some 800 Potawatomi were forcibly removed by U.S. and Indiana officials from near Plymouth, Indiana and taken to eastern Kansas in 1838. Enroute 39 recorded deaths occurred. This tragic event became known as the “Trail of Death”. The . . . — — Map (db m32503) HM
On Springfield Street, on the right when traveling north.
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nation mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. In Champaign County, . . . — — Map (db m13790) HM
On Homer Lake Road (County Road 14) west of South Homer Lake Road (County Route 2575 E), on the left when traveling west.
On the Bloomington Road
The Fort Clark Road, later known as the Bloomington or State Road, was an important artery for commerce between Danville and Urbana. The road was first approved in 1826 by the Illinois Assembly. It was the first . . . — — Map (db m23850) HM
On West Main Street (County Road 1600 N) at Race Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
The Cohen Building was designed by noted local architect Joseph W. Royer for prominent Urbana businessman and cigar manufacturer Nathan (Nat) H. Cohen. Other major downtown buildings designed by Joseph W. Royer include the Urbana Free Library, the . . . — — Map (db m226012) HM
On Broadway Avenue at South 17th Street, on the right when traveling west on Broadway Avenue.
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Abraham Lincoln’s last visit to Cole County was indeed of a personal nature. Lincoln was described as he left Springfield by Henry C. Whitney, who accompanied him part of the way on the train: “. . . . . . — — Map (db m30840) HM
On Urbana Woodstock Road (County Route 2) 0.4 miles west of Main Street (Ohio Route 559), on the right when traveling west.
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nation mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. On its way the Funeral . . . — — Map (db m84945) HM
On West Green Street near South Birch Street, on the left when traveling west.
The need to repair or replace the original Universalist Church building, built in 1871 at the corner of Green and Birch Streets in Urbana, was discussed at the annual meeting of the Church Board on January 15, 1913. The Reverend E. V. Stevens . . . — — Map (db m226009) HM
On Inskeep Road (County Route 144) at Clay Street, on the left when traveling north on Inskeep Road.
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nationl mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. As the nine-car . . . — — Map (db m84946) HM
Near Lake of the Woods Country Park Road east of Route 47.
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Champaign County was always on Lincoln’s circuit. Abraham Lincoln spent nearly 20 years of his life practicing law on the 8th Judicial Circuit, traveling from one county seat to another. Even as the circuit shrank while . . . — — Map (db m24340) HM
