
Authoring, Researching, Reporting and Other Work
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)
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COLES
COUNTY
& CHARLESTON LINCOLN HISTORICAL SITES
State Historical Markers are
indicated by **
A Virtual Tour of Coles County's Lincoln Historical Spots
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INDEX OF SPOTS: 1. Lincolns enter Illinois 2. Old Charleston Pioneer Cemetery 3. Thomas Lincoln Last Farm |
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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
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Site to find out where all Illinois historical markers are located: http://www.historyillinois.org/Markers/markers_county.htm