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A VIRTUAL TRIP OF COLES
COUNTY LINCOLN-RELATED SITES ON-LINE MAP OF SPOTS
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1. The trip through
Coles County: The Lincolns, Hanks and Johnston’s
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2. The Old Charleston
Cemetery (pioneer cemetery)
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3. Thomas Lincolns
Farms
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4. The Tildy Moore
House
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5. Dr. Rutherford
home (Oakland) & the Matson Slave Trial
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6. The site of the
Coles County Courthouse
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7. The site of the
1850’s Railroad Depot
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8. The site of the
Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858 & the Museum
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9. The Thomas
Marshall House (Jackson Street, Charleston, Illinois); a part of the
Lincoln lore of Charleston
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10. The site of the
Capitol House Hotel on the square
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11. Gordon Cemetery &
Shiloh Cemetery, gravestones of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln and relatives
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12. The site of the
Charleston Riot (Union soldiers and Copperheads) during the Civil War
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13. Plaque and site
honoring Colonel U.S. Grant mustering the Illinois Volunteers for the
Civil War
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14. Site of the
original railroad depot and the Essex House Hotel (same facility) used
by Lincoln in travels to Charleston
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15. Five Mile House,
oldest structure in Coles County, maybe visited by Lincoln Also
called “Jug House”
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Conclusion |
The Lincoln
connection and folklore is strong in Coles County, Illinois |
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