A Virtual Tour of Coles County's Lincoln Historical Spots

Learning On-Line Resource by Howard Taylor

Lincoln Resource Page

Abraham Lincoln the Rail Splitter Nick-named by his Coles friends and relatives

Abraham Lincoln as he would appear in Coles County during his lawyer years

  

 

The sign for the Lincoln Heritage Memorial Trail (Running throughout Coles County)

 

COLES COUNTY & CHARLESTON LINCOLN HISTORICAL SITES
Official State Historical Markers are indicated by a single*

Actual site and structure* *       No longer existing or a historical geographical point only***

Different structure present, but at correct location****

INDEX OF SITES

1. Lincolns enter Illinois***

2. Old Charleston Pioneer Cemetery**

3. Thomas Lincoln 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Farms*

6. Coles Courthouse****

7. Railroad Depot***

8. Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858*

 

9. Marshall House**

10. Capitol House Hotel***

11. Shiloh and Gordon Cemetery*

12. Charleston Courthouse Riot*

13.  Col. Ulysses S. Grant mustering the Illinois Volunteers*

14.  Railroad Depot and Essex House***

15.  The Five Mile House**

 

 

Site to find out where all Illinois historical markers are located:    http://www.historyillinois.org/Markers/markers_county.htm