On this spot in the upper room of the old court house in August 1854, Abraham Lincoln made his first speech on the Kansas Nebraska Question — — Map (db m182046) HM
Taught his first school and began his legal career here in 1833-34 His last words were tell my children to obey the laws and support the Constitution — — Map (db m182045) HM
Abraham Lincoln first publicly challenged U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas's "Nebraska Bill" during a Whig county convention August 26, 1854, in the Scott County courtroom located at this site. Because the bill allowed for the expansion of slavery, . . . — — Map (db m182043) HM
