On North Street (County Road 10) at Ricks Street, on the left when traveling west on North Street.
Navy
US Navy Core Values
Honor • Courage • Commitment
Honor - I will bear true faith and allegiance
Courage - I will support and defend
Commitment - I will obey orders
Army
A Soldier's Creed . . . — — Map (db m237725) WM
On Mt. Auburn Blacktop Road (County Road E 2175N) at South 3rd Principal Meridian Road (County Road N 2100E), on the left when traveling west on Mt. Auburn Blacktop Road.
Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode
the Circuit of the
Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859 — — Map (db m12200) HM
On West Cherry Street west of South Plum Street, in the median.
Coal was discovered in Moweaqua in 1886
With mining operations beginning in 1891
The method of mining was room and pillar
At a depth of 620 feet
Haulage was by mule and motor
On Christmas Eve 1932 an explosion in the mine
Claimed the . . . — — Map (db m55635) HM
(front of statue, which is the last line from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address:)
That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this notion under God shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of . . . — — Map (db m188398) HM WM
On South Main Street north of West Market Street, on the left when traveling north.
This memorial is in honor of the pioneer farm families who settled in Christian County and have passed their farms down through the generations to cultivate and to care for this rich Christian County, farm land for the future.
When the . . . — — Map (db m237374) HM
On Kennedy Drive west of Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
The first courthouse of Christian County (originally Dane County) was built in 1840 for $2,350. It was located in the center of Taylorville’s Public Square. Court was held on the lower level with County Officers sharing the upstairs floor. Since the . . . — — Map (db m29091) HM
On South Main Street at West Main Cross Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.
Major Francis M. Long was employed as a hotel keeper in Taylorville at the time of his enlistment on July 26, 1861. When Frank joined the service, he was a 23 year old, single man who stood five feet five and one-half inches. He had blue eyes and . . . — — Map (db m237261) HM WM
On West Main Cross Street at South Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Cross Street.
Lincoln was in the General Assembly in 1839 and helped engineer the creation of Dane County at the best of area friends Taylorville was a location without the least sign
of habitation, but landowner Daniel C. Goode convinced the appointed . . . — — Map (db m237582) HM
On West Main Cross Street at South Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Cross Street.
“I had pleasant accommodations at Taylorville in company with Mr. Lincoln & Mr. Thorton,” Circuit Judge David Davis once wrote from here.
He found this town–the last county seat on his circuit route–to be . . . — — Map (db m12208) HM
