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Looking for Lincoln Historical Markers
A series of over 200 markers in Illinois highlight incidents in Lincoln's life.
By Jason Voigt, May 12, 2020
A Quincy "Copperhead" Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Maine Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Maine Street. |
| | Singleton had succumbed "Hook and Line" to the Democrats, stated Lincoln in 1854. He and Quincyan James W. Singleton had been fellow Whigs and disciples of Henry Clay. They had campaigned together in 1848 during Whig Zachary Taylor's . . . — — Map (db m150599) HM |
| | Woodland Cemetery—The necropolis that in life (Cornelius Volk) did so much to beaut(ify) and make attractive" (Quincy Daily-Herald, 1898). Among significant historical Woodland memorials are the gravestones of Orville and . . . — — Map (db m150258) HM |
| | "I regard (Richardson) as one of the truest men that ever lived; he 'sticks to judge Douglas through thick and thin" (A. Lincoln, 1860). Douglas composed the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. William A. Richardson, another Quincyan and Douglas' . . . — — Map (db m58760) HM |
| On Hampshire Street west of North 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Sixteen days of rain had laid a coat of mud over the macadam streets that wrapped the city's square. Called the "Model City" because of its beautiful setting on the bluffs, Quincy in 1858 occupied about five square miles within . . . — — Map (db m58759) HM |
| | "Here, too, the father of the town, with other men of large renown, are gathered by that reaper stern, who cuts down each and all in turn" (Henry Asbury, Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois". Referring to the leaders from an earlier . . . — — Map (db m150257) HM |
| On North 5th Street at Hampshire Street on North 5th Street. |
| | "The points you propose to press upon Douglas, he will be very hard to get up to" ):Lincoln letter to Henry Asbury, 1858). Originally a Kentucky Whig, Henry Asbury was one of the founders of the Republican Party in Illinois along with . . . — — Map (db m58753) HM |
| On North 5th Street at Hampshire Street on North 5th Street. |
| | "You are one of my most valued friends" (Lincoln letter to Abraham Jonas, 1860). Their friendship began in 1843 in Springfield when Lincoln and Jonas served together in the Illinois House of Representatives. Jonas became an early and . . . — — Map (db m58764) HM |
| On Hampshire Street at 9th Street, on the left when traveling east on Hampshire Street. |
| |
Lincoln Was Exhausted
after the debate with Douglas.
"I tell you, I'm mighty nigh petered out; I reckon I'll have to quit and give up the race."
That was Lincoln's comment on October 13, 1858; he was in a "state of . . . — — Map (db m156849) HM |
| On North 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On October 13 1858, two candidates for U.S. Senate met in this public square for a sixth debate. Quincy, in the west-central portion of the state, was a true battleground area where both candidates saw reasonable prospects of victory. . . . — — Map (db m58781) HM |
| On Maine Street at 5th Street on Maine Street. |
| | On November 1, 1854 an incensed Lincoln attacked the immorality of slavery in a speech at Kendall Hall. Lincoln was awakened from a five-bear political slumber by Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act, attacking it in a series of speeches in . . . — — Map (db m149831) HM |
| On North 8th Street at Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling south on North 8th Street. |
| | Quincy's Eliza Caldwell Browning and Abraham Lincoln first met in 1836. She was a new bride, and he had just received his law license. When Eliza discovered Lincoln's "great merits," the two established an easy rapport. Their . . . — — Map (db m58739) HM |
| | Quincy lawyer and newspaper editor Andrew Johnston became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Legislature when Lincoln served as representative and Johnson as assistant clerk. Like Lincoln, a Whig, Johnston was a law partner . . . — — Map (db m58795) HM |
| On Maine Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "Archie Williams was one of the strongest-minded and clearest-minded men in Illinois" (A. Lincoln). Lincoln and his friend Archibald Williams had much in common. Both were born in Kentucky and moved to Illinois. Williams coming to Quincy . . . — — Map (db m58790) HM |
| On Hampshire Street at North 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Hampshire Street. |
| | With a population of nearly 13,000 in 1858, Quincy was the Adams County seat and the third largest city in Illinois. Quincy boasted a strong, growing economy based on its transportation, milling, pork packing, and light industry. In 1853 . . . — — Map (db m58755) HM |
| On South 12th Street just north of State Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln and John Wood shared similar political views, Both were members of the Whig Party and were strongly allied against slavery. Lincoln and Wood worked to establish the Republican Party, and each campaigned for the other's . . . — — Map (db m58737) HM |
| On 5th Street just south of Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Quincy was in a festive mood for the all-day event with bands, banners, and thousands of people in attendance. Historian E.B. Long said, "It was a carnival time in Illinois. Mobs of thousands journeyed by wagon, horseback, boat and . . . — — Map (db m150023) HM |
| | "His name fills the nation; and is not unknown, even in foreign lands" (A. Lincoln, 1856). Stephen A. Douglas, a Jacksonian Democrat, arrived in Quincy in 1841, at twenty-seven the youngest Supreme Court Judge in Illinois history. In . . . — — Map (db m150024) HM |
| On South 4th Street (Illinois Route 57). |
| | "Who shall say, I am the superior, and you are the inferior?" asked Lincoln in July 1858. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates focused on slavery. During the October 13th Quincy debate Lincoln affirmed: "...in the right to eat the bread . . . — — Map (db m58798) HM |
| On Bonansinga Drive at All American Park on Bonansinga Drive. |
| | Lincoln traveled to Quincy by stagecoach in 1854 after crossing the Illinois River at Naples. Lincoln's first documented visit was to support the Congressional candidacy of Archibald Williams and to attack the Kansas- Nebraska Act and . . . — — Map (db m57881) HM |
| On Bonansinga Drive at All American Park on Bonansinga Drive. |
| | Quincy's brewers and brick makers, contractors and coopers, foundry and factory workers, and diverse other tradesmen made this Mississippi River community an important center of commerce in Lincoln's day. Quincy's businessmen, whose . . . — — Map (db m57883) HM |
| On Hampshire Street at North 8th Street, on the right when traveling east on Hampshire Street. |
| | Quincy's Orville Hickman Browning was Lincoln's friend, advisor, and confidant. According to historian David Donald, Lincoln considered Browning an old friend "whom he could absolutely trust. He knew the Illinois senator would never . . . — — Map (db m58742) HM |
| On Sangamon Street at N. Bay Street on Sangamon Street. |
| | Rejecting a treaty, Black Hawk, a leader of the Sauk and Fox, led his hungry people back into Illinois from Iowa in early 1832, intending to plant corn. Black Hawk also hoped to form an alliance with the Winnebago and Pottawatomie. . . . — — Map (db m57691) HM |
| On Sangamon Street at N. Bay Street on Sangamon Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln and his men were among the 1,500 or so volunteers who had poured into Beardstown for basic military drills. These men had answered Gen. John Reynolds' call to drive Black Hawk and his people out of Illinois. The military . . . — — Map (db m57689) HM |
| | When Abraham Lincoln sought election to the Illinois legislature in 1832, his platform focused on his belief that improvements should be made to the Sangamon River, which he said would be "vastly important and highly desirable to the . . . — — Map (db m57856) HM |
| On State Street at Main Street on State Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln first saw Beardstown in the Spring of 1831 as he, two friends, and Denton Offutt steered Offutt's flatboat laden with merchandise on their way to New Orleans. He returned in 1832, first in March to help get the steamer . . . — — Map (db m57693) HM |
| On South State Street at Main Street on South State Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln had just won an acquittal for his client William Duff Armstrong in what is now known as the celebrated Almanac Trial of May 7, 1858. At the conclusion of the trial, held on the second floor of the Cass County Courthouse . . . — — Map (db m57858) HM |
| | People in Cass County knew Abraham Lincoln not only as a lawyer but also as a candidate for the Illinois legislature and U.S. Congress. Those earlier campaigns allowed Lincoln to hone his political skills for the 1858 senatorial content . . . — — Map (db m57861) HM |
| On West 3rd Street just west of South State Street. |
| | It is the celebrated "Almanac Trial" of May 7, 1858 that has forever linked Abraham Lincoln with Beardstown. On that day, Lincoln defended William Duff Armstrong, the son of Lincoln's closest New Salem friends Jack and Hannah Armstrong. . . . — — Map (db m57859) HM |
| On East Main Street at Jefferson Street on East Main Street. |
| | Travel in Abraham Lincoln's time was time-consuming, dirty, and usually downright uncomfortable. On many of his trips, Lincoln traveled by train to Meredosia. From there he had the choice of a steamboat or a bone-jarring ride in a . . . — — Map (db m57863) HM |
| On 1st Street at East Park Street, on the left when traveling north on 1st Street. |
| | Until the Illinois Central Railroad rolled into town, geese flocked to a pond in this vicinity. The IC cleared the pond and donated the land to the Congregationalist (today the Community United Church of Christ). Their sanctuary, completed near the . . . — — Map (db m31113) 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 |
| Near Lake of the Woods Country Park Road east of Route 47. |
| | (Top Section)
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 |
| On East Oak Street west of Heather Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Lincoln’s Mahomet
Upper Section
The village of Middletown-Mahomet was platted by Daniel Porter in 1832 on the west bank of the Sangamon River near its headwaters. The main street of the village was actually a new road, made necessary by . . . — — Map (db m24374) HM |
| On Homer Lake Road west of County Route 12, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Kelley’s Tavern was originally called Strong’s Inn after Cyrus Strong, who built a mud-mortar log cabin here in the 1830's. The inn at Strong’s Ford was a stop on the Bloomington or State Road from Danville west to Urbana. Kelley’s Inn was a stop . . . — — Map (db m23803) HM |
| On Long Street (U.S. 45) at West Austin Street, on the right when traveling north on Long Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln traveled through Tolono by locomotive at least eighteen times. He whiled the time away for his train connections by playing horseshoes and visiting with the Tolono residents. While campaigning in Illinois, Lincoln would frequently . . . — — Map (db m23816) HM |
| On South Race Street south of West Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Top Section
During the Spring term of the Circuit Court in 1858, Abraham Lincoln sat for a portrait with photographer Samuel Alschuler. Alschuler’s studio was on the second floor of the Lowenstern Building, at the southwest corner of . . . — — Map (db m31120) HM |
| On East Main Street east of South Broadway Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Top Section
Murder, larceny, and even rape- - -the young circuit lawyer Abraham Lincoln, practicing in Urbana, handled cases involving all of these in the courthouse which stood on this city block. Lincoln unsuccessfully defended . . . — — Map (db m31119) 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 |
| On Jackson Avenue at 6th Street, on the left when traveling east on Jackson Avenue. |
| | Side One
Top Section
Nineteenth-century Illinois political campaigns and rallies were raucous affairs, part entertainment and part serious politics. The candidates were often accompanied or preceded by marchers, fireworks, flag . . . — — Map (db m30866) HM |
| On County Route 040 N east of County Route 1420 E, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Left Section
Abraham Lincoln was a frequent visitor to Cole County in the 1840's, traveling on the judicial circuit. In Charleston, according to Amanda Hanks Poorman (the daughter of Dennis Hanks), Lincoln would use the Hanks’s horse . . . — — Map (db m30847) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue at South 17th Street, on the left when traveling west on Broadway Avenue. |
| | Side One
Top Section
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 North Pike Street north of Illinois Route 133, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Top Section
Dr. Hiram Rutherford was a key person involved in Abraham Lincoln’s famous slave case, the only instance in his career where Lincoln represented the rights of a slave owner. Robert Matson brought slaves from Kentucky to work his . . . — — Map (db m30867) HM |
| Near East Woodlawn Street east of North Monroe Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | During the twenty years Abraham Lincoln attended the DeWitt County Court on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, he and Clifton H. Moore, Clinton’s first resident attorney, developed a deep friendship as well as a mutual law practice.
The two men . . . — — Map (db m24298) HM |
| On South Center Street north of Adams Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Barnett Tavern, owned and operated by Alvin and Rebecca Barnett, stood at 200 South Center Street. The two-story home was a stopping-place for weary travelers, circuit lawyers, and judges journeying across the Illinois prairie. When in Clinton, . . . — — Map (db m24236) HM |
| On North Center Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling north on North Center Street. |
| | During his twenty years on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Abraham Lincoln tried numerous cases in the DeWitt County courthouses, including a slander case involving William Dungey. Dungey, “a dark skinned man of Portuguese descent,” . . . — — Map (db m24237) HM |
| On East Lincoln Square at East Main Street, on the left when traveling north on East Lincoln Square. |
| |
Top Section
DeWitt County was part of the Eighth Judicial Circuit from its beginning, and so was Abraham Lincoln, who attended the first session of DeWitt Circuit Court in Clinton on October 24, 1839. Court sessions were held each . . . — — Map (db m24321) HM |
| On South Center Street south of Lincoln Square Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Top Section
This satirical February 1863 editorial illustration, titled “The Copperhead Party, “ depicts three Copperheads advancing on Columbia. Copperheads were Southern sympathizers who saw themselves as “Peace . . . — — Map (db m24235) HM |
| On East Johnson Street east of North Center Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A proper Presbyterian Church was under construction in the summer of 1859. A floor was laid, walls, roof, and belfry nearly completed, when “a halt due to lack of funds” occurred. In October 1859, money was urgently needed to . . . — — Map (db m24247) HM |
| On Marion Street (a.k.a. Jemima Road) east of North Cain Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Top Section
Clifton H. Moore, DeWitt County’s first resident attorney, built this stately brick home in 1857-58 on an eighty-acre tract of land purchased from Judge David Davis. The original house suffered damage from a windstorm and now lacks . . . — — Map (db m24301) HM |
| On Woodlawn Street west of Quincy Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Left Section
When Lincoln called for troops to defend the Union, the men and boys of DeWitt County heeded his urgent request. Some who volunteered were from families who had know and befriended Lincoln during his days as a prairie lawyer . . . — — Map (db m24253) HM |
| On West Johnson Street west of North Center Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Warner's Memories
Top Section
Lincoln traveled the Eighth Judicial Circuit six months a year, becoming close friends with his fellow lawyers, with whom he shared, not only courtroom, but also meals, an easy camaraderie, and often a . . . — — Map (db m24325) HM |
| On Springfield Street east of Chicago Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
The Law and Lodging
Top Section
During his years traveling the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Abraham Lincoln was the overnight guest of many DeWitt County residents. As a frontier lawyer, he spent several months per year . . . — — Map (db m24371) HM |
| On 4th Street at the railroad cut south of Main Street, on the right when traveling north on 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 4th Street near Gallatin Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On December 1, 1834 Abraham Lincoln entered the State Capitol that stood on this site. This was his first term as a state representative and the first time he held elective office. The Abraham Lincoln that began his political career on that . . . — — Map (db m42510) HM |
| On 4th Street near Gallatin Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | At the beginning of Lincoln's second term as a state representative, several southern legislatures were concerned that the Federal Government would abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Most of the members of the Illinois Legislature . . . — — Map (db m42490) HM |
| On Kennedy Boulevard (3rd Street) (U.S. 40/51) near Gallatin Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In Lincoln’s first campaign speech on March 9, 1832, he expressed support for internal improvements.
“Time and experience have verified to a demonstration, the public utility of internal improvements. That the poorest and most . . . — — Map (db m42512) 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 Kennedy Boulevard (3rd Street) (U.S. 40/51) near Gallatin Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On December 5, 1836 Abraham Lincoln attended the opening session of the Tenth Gereral Assembly in Vandalia. This session was held in a new building just recently completed by the citizens of Vandalia to serve as the State Capitol. It was . . . — — Map (db m42517) HM |
| | On June 12, 1823, the Third General Assembly, meeting in the newly formed city of Vandalia, conveyed one and one-half acres of land to the city of Vandalia, with the proviso that the land be used as a burial ground. This is the location of that . . . — — Map (db m42428) 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 Gallatin Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Not all of Lincoln’s time was dedicated to noble causes like opposing slavery and championing internal improvements. In 1833, Mrs. Bennett Abell, a New Salem neighbor of Lincoln, brought her sister Mary Owens to New Salem for an extended visit. . . . — — Map (db m42521) HM |
| On Gallatin Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Gallatin Street. Reported missing. |
| | As the Illinois State Capital, Vandalia provided many hotels to serve the needs of legislators and visitors. Vandalia had at least eleven hotels that served the needs of travelers. Whenever a session of the legislature was in progress, these . . . — — Map (db m144134) HM |
| On Washington Street at Main Street on Washington Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln probably stayed at the Hamilton House when he came to Carthage in 1839 to serve as the defendant's counsel in the Fraim murder trial. There are no other known Lincoln court cases in Hancock County. But he did handle . . . — — Map (db m57867) HM |
| On Walnut Street near Fayette Street. |
| | Alexander Sympson knew Lincoln when they were small boys in Kentucky. Like Lincoln, he moved to Illinois in the 1830's, and arrived in Carthage in early 1844, just as contention with the Mormons was peaking. In 1858 Sympson was the most . . . — — Map (db m57869) HM |
| On Wabash Avenue just west of South Adams Street. |
| | Agricultural life has defined the very essence of Hancock County from the earliest days of its Anglo-American settlement. Lincoln, however, seemed indifferent to agriculture. Once he left his father's home, Lincoln never farmed again. . . . — — Map (db m57876) HM |
| On Walnut Street at Fayette Street on Walnut Street. |
| | Hancock County was off the beaten track for Abraham Lincoln. County residents were more familiar with his senatorial opponent, Stephen A. Douglas. In October 1858, Lincoln addressed an enthusiastic audience on the Carthage square. . . . — — Map (db m57871) HM |
| On Wabash Ave. just west of South Adams Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln defended himself against political attacks during much of the speech he delivered here on the courthouse grounds on October 22, 1858. Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken here eleven days earlier, had accused Lincoln of . . . — — Map (db m57878) HM |
| On Main Street at Madison Street on Main Street. |
| | Abraham Lincoln lost a murder case here in April, 1839 A drunken Irish deckhand, William Fraim, killed a shipmate while their steamboat was docked at Frederick on the Illinois River in Schuyler County. When the shipmate blew cigar smoke . . . — — Map (db m57865) HM |
| On South Cherry Street just south of East South Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
[Left panel]
Lincoln and Douglas
debated here on October 7, 1858.
Their joint meeting was one of seven across Illinois as they
contested Stephen A. Douglas's seat in the Senate that summer and fall. Here in . . . — — Map (db m150565) HM |
| On La Salle Street (Illinois Route 23) at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on La Salle Street. |
| |
First Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Abraham Lincoln's first heated exchanged with Stephen A. Douglas on Aug 21, 1858 in Ottawa was received coolly by his advisors. They insisted Lincoln had treated Douglas entirely too "tenderly." . . . — — Map (db m65302) HM |
| On West Madison Street at La Salle Street (Illinois Route 23), on the right when traveling east on West Madison Street. |
| | On this site stood the Third LaSalle County Courthouse. Actually the second courthouse to be erected at this location, the Third LaSalle County Courthouse was completed in the latter part of 1841. It was a two-story brick structure, with imposing . . . — — Map (db m65303) HM |
| On North Vermillion Street south of West Madison Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Left Section
When word of President Lincoln’s assassination came, most of Pontiac’s male population had not yet returned from the Civil War. But their wives and children remained, and when word was received that the special train . . . — — Map (db m29731) HM |
| On West Washington Street west of North Mill Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Left Section
Riding the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Lincoln pleaded cases in Livingston County’s first courthouse located on this site. But these events almost did not come to pass. The town proprietors had promised a courthouse, which two . . . — — Map (db m29675) HM |
| On North Vermillion Street south of West Madison Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Top Section Photo
Lincoln’s good friend Jesse Fell had more to do with shaping early events in Livingston County and Pontiac than any other man. He named the county and, in 1837, was instrumental in having the county seat located . . . — — Map (db m29727) HM |
| On North Mill Street at Vermilion River Bridge (West Side of Mill Street), on the right when traveling south on North Mill Street. |
| | Upper Section
When Abraham Lincoln rode into Pontiac that rainy day, he found few cabins, and those were so scattered and hidden among the clumps of bushes that they were rendered almost invisible. Lincoln stayed overnight in a log . . . — — Map (db m29683) HM |
| On West Livingston Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Left Section
Abraham Lincoln spoke in
the little Presbyterian Church
on the northwest corner of
Livingston and Mill streets on
Jan. 27, 1860, shortly before being nominated for the presidency at the Republican . . . — — Map (db m29719) HM |
| On North Oak Street south of West Madison Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Left Section
In February 1855,Abraham Lincoln was with a group of sixty passengers stranded in Pontiac after a train, bound for Springfield from Chicago, became mired in a snowdrift just this side of where the village of Cayuga was . . . — — Map (db m29717) HM |
| On West Livingston Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Left Section
While sitting up late the night of January 27, 1860, in the Pontiac home of Jason Strevell, Abraham Lincoln
predicted he would be nominated for the vice presidency of the young Republican party. In a letter to . . . — — Map (db m29725) HM |
| On North Chicago Street north of East Washington Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Left Section
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were opposing attorneys during Livingston County’s first regular term of circuit court, which was held on this site May 18 and 19, 1840, in Henry Weed’s log cabin. In the first . . . — — Map (db m29676) HM |
| On North Mill Street at Vermilion River Bridge (East Side of Mill Street), on the left when traveling south on North Mill Street. |
| | Photo Text - Upper Section
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, young attorneys who had faced each other earlier in Livingston County’s first court case, later the same day debated political issues at this very site. At the Old . . . — — Map (db m29689) HM |
| On Northwest Vine Street at SW Arch Street, on the right when traveling east on Northwest Vine Street. |
| | Political parties in 1860 often served as social clubs, as well as electoral organizations. One such group established to support Abraham Lincoln was the "Wide Awakes" - a chapter of which was formed in Atlanta, Illinois on June 22, 1860, with . . . — — Map (db m160708) HM |
| On Chapel Road east of Governor's Dr, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (left:)
Elkhart's central location, superb soil and timberland attracted the first settlers in 1818. James Latham and his son, Richard, chose the hill's western slope to settle. Robert Latham, the youngest son, would later play a . . . — — Map (db m156859) HM |
| On North Chicago Street at Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north on North Chicago Street. |
| | Town Christening Site
On August 27, 1853 the first sale of lots in the new town of Lincoln took place near this spot. In attendance was Abraham Lincoln, in whose honor the town had been named. “Nothing with the name of Lincoln has . . . — — Map (db m12305) HM |
| On Madison Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Middletown was founded in 1832 by Hiram S. Allen. Middletown was an excellent business location because stagecoaches already ran through the area, going from Springfield to Galena, carrying both passengers and mail. The first lot to be sold in . . . — — Map (db m41279) HM |
| On Washington Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Mid-19th Century Lawyers riding the eighth judicial circuit sometimes found that local accommodations left much to be desired. If they were lucky, a prosperous local resident would invite them into their home. If not, they were at the mercy of . . . — — Map (db m41239) HM |
| On Washington St., on the right when traveling north. |
| | Lincoln illustrator Lloyd Ostendorf imagined this scene in connection with Mt. Pulaski's "cast iron tombstone" case that Lincoln handled on appeal in the Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield (1859). Two local residents separately sued Reuben Miller . . . — — Map (db m41242) HM |
| On Boiling Spring Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John Hanks was born in 1802 in Kentucky, he was a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln through Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. John Hanks stated that he first knew Lincoln when he was a boy of twelve in Spencer County, Indiana. However, it . . . — — Map (db m41240) HM |
| On West Prairie Ave. at North Main Street on West Prairie Ave.. |
| | In February 1860 the Illinois State Republican Central Committee met in Springfield, Illinois. There the Committee selected Decatur as the site for the upcoming State Republican Convention. The site selected for the Convention was . . . — — Map (db m56911) HM |
| On W. Main Street just west of Pine Street. |
| | The road beside this wayside exhibit is West Main Street. It was one of the main routes into and out of the City of Decatur all during the time of Lincoln's travels as a lawyer on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, the main system of justice . . . — — Map (db m56875) HM |
| | By 1856 Abraham Lincoln had realized that his former political party, the Whigs, was in ruins. The political landscape had changed to the point that Lincoln accepted an invitation to attend an Anti-Nebraska Editors Convention held at the . . . — — Map (db m56884) HM |
| On West Williams Street at North Edwards Street on West Williams Street. |
| | Richard J. Oglesby was born in Kentucky, journeyed to Decatur as a young orphan, and later became one of Decatur's most prominentand best-loved citizens. Oglesby made a small fortune in the California Gold Rush and fought in both the . . . — — Map (db m56877) HM |
| | During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln had promised to care for the men in the armed services-and for their widows and orphans. Lincoln was unable, however, to keep that promise. In response, the Grand Army of the Republic or G.A.R. . . . — — Map (db m56908) HM |
| On North Franklin Street at E. Prairie Ave. on North Franklin Street. |
| | In December 1849, an unusual event occurred for the lawyers who traveled on the Eighth Circuit. Mrs. Jane Martin Johns had recently moved to Decatur with her husband. She had set up temporary residence in the Macon House when her piano . . . — — Map (db m56906) HM |
| On South Park Street at North Water Street on South Park Street. |
| | The City of Decatur was chosen as the site for the 1860 Republican State Convention with Abraham Lincoln as the most prominent Republican present. As the convention delegates were beginning to take their first, formal balloting, Richard . . . — — Map (db m56912) HM |
| On Market Street south of West Broadway, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Rich in heritage and haunted by history, many threads of our nation's past can be discovered here in Alton.
Located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri rivers, Alton is one of America's great river towns. It was the . . . — — Map (db m133286) HM |
| Near East 5th Street at Monument Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
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Considered by many to be the first casualty of the Civil War, abolitionist editor and Presbyterian minister Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy was killed defending the freedom of the press.
Editor of the St. Louis Observer, Lovejoy wrote . . . — — Map (db m133295) HM |
| On Market Street south of West Broadway, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The two life-like statues represent a monumental event in our nation's history—the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
For a decade, the Illinois U.S. Senate seat was held by Stephen A. Douglas, one of the most famous politicians of his time. . . . — — Map (db m133288) HM |
| On Henry Street at East 12th Street, on the right when traveling north on Henry Street. |
| | The stately house down the block once housed the co-author of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States.
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we . . . — — Map (db m133291) HM |
| On Alby Street at East Broadway, on the right when traveling south on Alby Street. |
| | Lincoln made frequent legal and political trips to Alton putting him in the heart of Alton history.
For nearly twenty-five years before becoming president, Lincoln was a general practice attorney, representing clients in a variety of civil . . . — — Map (db m133290) HM |
| On South Side Square (at milepost 0), on the left when traveling east. |
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Lincoln Photograph. Abraham Lincoln visited the city of Macomb twice in 1858. His first visit lasted from August 25th to August 26th, and it was unexpected. The Randolph House was the place that attracted Abraham Lincoln to Macomb. Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m59987) HM |
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