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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
State Historical Markers are indicated by **

A Virtual Tour of Coles County's Lincoln Historical Spots

INDEX OF SPOTS:

1. Lincolns enter Illinois

2. Old Charleston Pioneer Cemetery

3. Thomas Lincoln Last Farm

Spots Index Continued--

4. Tildy Moore House

5. Dr. Rutherford House (Matson Slave Trial)

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