Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln IllinoisNear this site Abraham Lincoln christened the town with the juice of a watermelon when the first lots were sold on August 27, 1853. President-elect Li... [click for more]
Deskins TavernOn this site Dr. John Deskins erected a tavern in 1836. Abraham Lincoln, David Davis, and other lawyers frequently stayed overnight here while the Eig... [click for more]
Lincoln Public LibraryThe Lincoln Public Library is a fine example of public neo-classical construction. This W.A. Otis structure was completed in 1903. A stained glass dom... [click for more]
Logan County Circuit CourtOn this site stood two former Logan County Courthouses in which Abraham Lincoln practiced law from 1856 until elected President. During the March term... [click for more]
Niebuhr Family of TheologiansThe Niebuhr clan, the “Trapp Family of theology”as Time magazine once referred to them, moved to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1902. Reverend Gu... [click for more]
Postville ParkIn 1835 Russell Post, a Baltimore adventurer, laid out the town of Postville which became the first Logan County seat. The town square is now Postvill... [click for more]
Stephen A. Douglas SpeechOn this site during the senatorial campaign of 1858 Stephen A. Douglas spoke to a Democratic political rally in a circus tent on September 4th. Dougla... [click for more]
The First Poem by Langston HughesThis internationally known African-American author (1902-1967) acknowledges in his autobiography The Big Sea that he wrote his first poem while attend... [click for more]