New Salem, an Illinois village with ties to Abraham Lincoln, getting a refresh after years of neglect
The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to ...
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Young Abraham Lincoln's tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln ... the capitol, Springfield. Illinois state ...
Young Abraham Lincoln's tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
Lincoln, a clean-shaven 22-year-old with the barest of formal schooling, had set out in 1831 to haul freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans when he snagged his flatboat on the Sangamon ...
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Young Abraham Lincoln’s tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
(AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central Illinois ...
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Young Abraham Lincoln's tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
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