On South Main Street at Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
Abraham Lincoln's Survey of the Sangamo Town – Athens Road Relocation
Beginning January 1, 1834, New Salem was to receive mail on a new schedule. The Stage was to leave Springfield each Saturday at 4:00 am for the Warren Court House in . . . — — Map (db m78609) HM
On North 4th Street at the railroad cut south of Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North 4th Street.
The store of Ebenezer Capps was located just north of this site at the northeast corner of Main and Fourth streets.
The location of Main street is not the same today as when Lincoln was here. Vandalia existed long before the coming of . . . — — Map (db m42486) HM
On East Lake Shore Drive north of Zoo Trail, on the left when traveling north.
An important trail in the history of Illinois ran atop this ridge. Called the Edwards Trace, an early word for trail, its use reaches back to antiquity when herds of bison and other large mammals traveled along its path. For millennia, prehistoric . . . — — Map (db m156781) HM
Near West 8th Street just west of Commerce Street, on the left when traveling west.
Few cities in America lave a history as rich and of such importance to the early development of its state as Lockport, Illinois.
Two significant problems confronted the young State of Illinois in the 1830s: the capitol building was falling . . . — — Map (db m254719) HM
On South Sixth Street at East Adams Street, on the left when traveling north on South Sixth Street. Reported missing.
The Old State Capitol was the fifth Statehouse in Illinois history. The building served as Capitol from 1839 to 1876. Its cornerstone was laid during ceremonies held July 4, 1837. During the 1840s and 1850s the building dominated Springfield's . . . — — Map (db m312816) HM
On West Jackson Street at 7th Street on West Jackson Street.
Abraham Lincoln laid out the original sixty blocks of Petersburg, Illinois between November 1835 and February 1836. In 1832, Peter Lukins and George Warburton had laid out a few lots for a new town. Lukins and Warburton played a card . . . — — Map (db m57348) HM
On Illinois Route 125 west of Clayville Road, on the right when traveling east.
This building, one of the first brick buildings in Sangamon County, was built in the spring of 1834 by John Broadwell. His father, Moses Broadwell, a native of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, came to Illinois in 1820. He and his son John built a brick . . . — — Map (db m129230) HM
The Underground Railroad refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage. Acts of self-emancipation made runaways "fugitives" according to the laws of the time. While most began and completed their . . . — — Map (db m48450) HM
On Indiana Avenue at East 7th Street, on the left when traveling north on Indiana Avenue.
Union Veteran G.K. Greening and wife Eliza moved from Cornland, Illinois to Lynn Haven and built this bungalow home in 1913. Interior plaster walls, trim work and exterior details were typical of the early Craftsman-style bungalows of that time and . . . — — Map (db m297496) HM
On North Merchant Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on North Merchant Street.
In June 1830 farm hand Abraham Lincoln was working on the farm of his relation, William Hanks, just a few blocks from the main square in Decatur. Suddenly, he heard a disturbance coming from the square. Hopping the fence and heading to the . . . — — Map (db m183839) HM
On Pine Street south of East Main Street (County Route 2), on the right when traveling north.
(center panel:)
Called the Illinois Traction System until 1937, the Illinois Terminal System was 550 miles of electrified railroad, linking farm communities of central Illinois to the bigger cities of Peoria, Springfield and St. Louis. . . . — — Map (db m162227) HM
On South 8th Street 0.1 miles south of East Jackson Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the empty lot before you once stood two small houses. The 1850 census tells us two families lived here. The Jenkins and the Blanks shared walls and a common goal: to improve the lives of African Americans. Both families became advocates for . . . — — Map (db m190190) HM
On Illinois Route 29 at Jeffries Road, on the left when traveling north on Illinois Route 29.
One of the first comprehensive highway tree planting projects in Illinois is along this route which leads to the New Salem State Park. The planting, which was completed in 1934, was sponsored by the Women's Horner Clubs of Sangamon County. — — Map (db m42764) HM
Many people look at Mount Rushmore, carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota, as a monument to four Presidents, but land surveyors see it as "three surveyors and one other guy." Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln all were land . . . — — Map (db m48744) HM
On South Main Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Abraham Lincoln visited the town of Athens on numerous occasions in the 1830s and 1840s. By then, Athens had become a thriving community - since its first settlement in 1819. Initially, Lincoln's first visits were just north of town, to the home . . . — — Map (db m267029) HM
On South 5th Street at East Jackson Street, on the left when traveling south on South 5th Street.
In mid-August, 1908, white Springfield residents lynched
two African Americans during what became known as
the Springfield Race Riot. The mob action was one of many such Incidents in the United States which claimed the lives of thousands of . . . — — Map (db m288506) HM
On William Street north of West Broadway (State Road 100), on the right when traveling south.
The Illinois State Penitentiary at Alton was the first institution built with public funds in Illinois. Previously, prisoners sentenced in county courts were incarcerated in crude buildings, often constructed of logs that were inadequate for the . . . — — Map (db m211622) HM
On South 5th Street near East Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Eva Carroll Monroe (1868-1950) was devoted to helping some of spring field's most at - risk citizens - African American orphans and widowed women. She performed her
work during a time when government aid was sparse and there
often was . . . — — Map (db m285841) HM
The farm on which George Washington Carver grew up was owned by Moses and Susan Carver. While George’s path in life took him far from here, he considered this farm his first home.
In the 1830s, Moses and Susan Carver moved from Sangamon . . . — — Map (db m42007) HM
On South 7th Street at East Adams Street on South 7th Street.
Lyceums were community associations that sponsored lectures, debates, and discussions. Eastern Protestant missionaries and educators brought the concept to frontier Illinois. Promoters hoped their Lyceums would disseminate knowledge and . . . — — Map (db m57166) HM
On South Cherokee Street 0.1 miles south of West Wallace Road (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling south.
Elijah Estep (1828-1901), San Saba County's second tax assessor-collector, was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. He married Abigail Montgomery (1826-1868) and the couple was living in the community of Cherokee when San Saba County was founded. . . . — — Map (db m158119) HM
Abraham Lincoln traveled past this spot while he served as a state representative in Vandalia. This location marks the route of a road that ran from Vandalia to Springfield, Illinois. Traces of the roadway are still visible today. The roadway . . . — — Map (db m42527) HM
On Belle Street at West 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Belle Street.
"Drive the Locomotive through our land, and you will have business, activity, prosperity, and mettle." -Benjamin Godfrey
In 1834, a group of visionaries in Springfield, Illinois, led by Abraham Lincoln, proposed laying railroad tracks . . . — — Map (db m144836) HM
The farm on which George Washington Carver grew up was owned by Moses and Susan Carver. While George’s path in life took him far from here, he considered this farm his first home.
In the late 1830s, Moses and Susan Carver moved from Sangamon . . . — — Map (db m311927) HM
On 4th Street near Gallatin Street, on the left when traveling south.
The delegation from Sangamon County for the 1836-1837 Session of the legislature quickly became known as the "Long Nine."
The seven representatives and two senators were all six feet or taller. Five were lawyers, three were farmers, and one . . . — — Map (db m42485) HM
On North 7th Street at Jefferson Street ( Route 97), on the right when traveling south on North 7th Street.
On August 14, 1908, a mob gathered at the Sangamon County Jail and demanded the release of George Richardson and Joe James, two black prisoners. Richardson was accused of raping Mabel Hallam, a white woman; and James was accused of the murder of . . . — — Map (db m199935) HM
[Front of Marker:]
DONNER
Here lies George Donner, Jr., a California Pioneer and a Donner Party survivor. He was born 10 August 1836 in Sangamon County, Illinois, the eldest son of Jacob Donner and Elizabeth Blue Hook. In April 1846 . . . — — Map (db m30305) HM
On East Adams Street west of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling west.
In the Old State Capitol nearby,
President-Elect Abraham Lincoln
used the Governor's Office as Headquarters
until he left for Washington.
Early in the Civil War,
Ulysses S. Grant
also served here as Special Military Aide
to . . . — — Map (db m312825) HM
On West Jefferson Street at S Commerce Alley, on the left when traveling west on West Jefferson Street.
Samuel D. Rude
Born 1865 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas. The son of I.J. and Sarah Alexander Rude. Married Sarah Pyeatt in 1888, to which union was born five children - Hester, Lela, Ike, Myrtle and Dorothy.
Homesteaded N.E. of . . . — — Map (db m289126) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
