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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Spencer County, Indiana
Adjacent to Spencer County, Indiana
▶ Dubois County (3) ▶ Perry County (6) ▶ Warrick County (7) ▶ Daviess County, Kentucky (40) ▶ Hancock County, Kentucky (12)
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| | Huffman Mill Bridge 1864-65 William T. Washer was contracted with Spencer & Perry Counties, July 1864 to build a 148 foot yellow poplar Burr Arch-Trust Bridge. (Patented by Theodore Burr 1771-1882). Contract payment called for Ten Thousand . . . — — Map (db m56774) HM |
| Near East South Street east of County Road 300 E when traveling north. |
| | In 1933 the Lincoln cabin site was excavated. Workmen uncovered the remains of sill logs and hearth stones and built the stone wall. Later, the bronze fireplace and sill log casting were placed on the site to outline where the cabin stood. Some of . . . — — Map (db m72314) HM |
| On State Road 162 at East County Rd 1600 N, on the right when traveling west on State Road 162. |
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In 1819, Turnham family settled less than one mile northeast of Thomas Lincoln's farm. Turnham was a friend of Abraham Lincoln. Turnham loaned Lincoln Revised Laws of Indiana (1824) in 1827. After Lincoln's assassination, he provided . . . — — Map (db m95709) HM |
| On East South Street east of County Road 300 E, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial represents an important expression of the nation’s respect and reverence for Abraham Lincoln. The park includes the farm of Thomas Lincoln, Abraham’s father; the marked gravesite of Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks . . . — — Map (db m72345) HM |
| Near East South Street east of County Road 300 E when traveling north. |
| | There are three main trails in the park. Time and interest can help you decide which to explore.
The Trail of Twelve Stones retraces the stages of Abraham Lincoln’s life. Along the trail ate stones from various places that were part of his . . . — — Map (db m72348) HM |
| Near East South Street east of County Road 300 E when traveling north. |
| | On October 5, 1818, Nancy Hanks Lincoln died of milk sickness. This mysterious and dreaded illness was feared by pioneers because its cause was unknown. Mrs. Lincoln had nursed and comforted some of her neighbors with the disease until she became . . . — — Map (db m72311) HM |
| On East South Street east of Road 300 E, on the left when traveling east. |
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You are facing the wooded knoll on which sleeps Nancy Hanks Lincoln mother of the President who lived in this Hoosier environment during the formative years of his life from 1816 to 1830.
Beyond, to the north, is marked the site of the . . . — — Map (db m72342) HM |
| Near East South Street east of County Road 300 E when traveling north. |
| | When Thomas Lincoln moved his family to Indiana in December 1816, this area was an unbroken wilderness. The forest was dense with massive trees and inhabited by wolves, bears, and panthers. The arrival of the Lincolns and other pioneers transformed . . . — — Map (db m72312) HM |
| On South 1st Street at Clark Street, on the left when traveling south on South 1st Street. |
| | James Lankford settled in the Rockport area in 1808, moving his wife and daughter into a cave under the bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Other settlers moved into the lowland that became downtown Rockport (originally dubbed Hanging Rock). By . . . — — Map (db m47615) HM |
| On South 2nd Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on South 2nd Street. |
| | In October, 1844 Abraham Lincoln saddled up his horse and set out from Springfield, Illinois, for a trip back to his boyhood home in Spencer County, Indiana. It had been 14 years since he had left, and his term as a state legislator was over. He was . . . — — Map (db m47599) HM |
| On South 1st Street at Clark Street, on the left when traveling south on South 1st Street. |
| | Marking Old Lower Landing where in 1828 – age 19 – Abraham Lincoln with Allen Gentry made his first flatboat trip to New Orleans. He saw slaves sold and said. “If I ever get a chance to hit that thing, I’ll hit it . . . — — Map (db m47358) HM |
| On Main Street at South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Site of Rockport Tavern where Abraham Lincoln was a Guest in 1844 — — Map (db m47707) HM |
| On Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | In Honor of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Spencer County Indiana
(Row One) - - Thomas Blair • David Chancellor • Lodowich Davis • Abraham Hornbeck • James Jones • Thomas Jones
(Row Two) - - Zachariah Briant • William Kelly • William . . . — — Map (db m47405) HM |
| On Main Street at South Second Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | In October 1844 Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at Spencer County Courthouse to promote Henry Clay, Whig presidential candidate. Lincoln, during his first trip to Indiana in 14 years, was a guest at the Tavern. Site first marked October 28, 1926. — — Map (db m47356) HM |
| On North Fairground Drive north of Fairground Drive - Entrance, on the left when traveling north. |
| | War drew us from our homeland
in the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive
remain in perpetual springtime —
forever young — and a part of us
is with them always.
Donald Harrison . . . — — Map (db m47460) WM |
| Near Parking Lot of "Lincoln Ferry Park" (State Road 66) at County Road 1290E. |
| | Do you want to experience the world of young Abe Lincoln? You’ve come to the right place. At Lincoln Ferry Park, just west of Troy, the Lincoln family arrived by ferry from Kentucky in 1816. Young Abe Lincoln walked these woods with his long, . . . — — Map (db m47543) HM |
| On East County Road 800 North (State Road 66) at County Road 1290E, on the left when traveling west on East County Road 800 North. |
| | Lincoln (1809-1865) lived northwest of here 1816-1830. Worked circa 1825 as hired hand for James Taylor. William Herndon, a Lincoln biographer, wrote that Lincoln told him it "was the roughest work a young man could be made to do." He butchered, did . . . — — Map (db m47544) HM |
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