A Learning On-Line Learning Activity Page by Howard Taylor
 
. . . Abraham Lincoln, 16th President                                 
His Careers before President
 




The History Place
Timeline of Abraham Lincoln
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The first known photo of
Abraham Lincoln, about 1846

Lloyd Ostendorf
Collection of Lincoln Prints
As used in this learning activity, as credited.  Available for purchase from Abraham Lincoln Collectibles

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LINCOLN "NEW SALEM" YEARS AND HIS CAREERS
ONLINE INDEX
READ THE ONLINE CHAPTER BOOK BY DR. JAMES BALDWIN
 ABOUT THE EARLY YEARS OF ABRAHAM FROM HIS BIRTH THROUGH THE SPRINGFIELD LAW CAREER
CLICK HERE  to read the Story


HOTLIST OF LINCOLN AT "NEW SALEM AND SPRINGFIELD" RESOURCES
CLICK HERE AND FOLLOW
THE ONLINE LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL
 		CLICK HERE FOR
THE "LINCOLN AT NEW SALEM"
ONLINE PUZZLE
 		CLICK HERE FOR
Illinois Periodicals Online Story of
Abraham Lincoln at New Salem
CLICK HERE
 WORLD-WIDE SCHOOL
Lincoln: The Boys' Life of
Abraham Lincoln
Online Chapter Book
CLICK HERE
TO GO TO THE A LINCOLN
BIOGRAPHY SITE
CLICK HERE to go to
Abraham Lincoln Online Index
( full of information)
CLICK HERE
THE LINCOLN INSTITUTE PRESENTS:
LINCOLN'S FRIENDS:  NEW SALEM YEARS
CLICK HERE to go to
Lincoln Careers Teachers' Page



RAIL SPLITTING
KENTUCKY, INDIANA, ILLINOIS

Abe Splitting Rails
from Abraham Lincoln: the Boy and the Man,    by Lloyd Ostendorf
RIVER BOAT
OPERATOR-- 1828 & 1831
INDIANA & NEW SALEM

Abe on the Flatboat to New Orleans
from Abraham Lincoln: the Boy and the Man,
by Lloyd Ostendorf

STORE CLERK/OWNER--1833-35,
NEW SALEM

New Salem: Lincoln-Berry Store
Photo by Howard Taylor
*Click HERE (Also in
Chapter Seven)

---Rail splitting Demo by
B.F. McClerren 		*Click HERE for Chapter Six
Click Here for a Lincoln/river flatboat resource

(Stoddard:  p. 69-70 online)

 Click  HERE for Chapter Seven
 ---(Also in Chapter Nine)
CLICK HERE for a description of a
pioneer general store



POSTMASTER-- 1833,
NEW SALEM

Lincoln the Postmaster,
while at New Salem
 by Lloyd Ostendorf

 SURVEYOR-- 1833,
NEW SALEM

Lincoln the Surveyor, while at New Salem
bronze sculpture at New Salem
MILITARY CAPTAIN & PRIVATE-- 1832  ILLINOIS MILITIA, BLACKHAWK WAR


Lincoln the Militia Captain, Statue at Dixon, Illinois, on the Illinois River
Howard &Sandra Taylor--Photo at Dixon, 2007
*CLICK HERE

 		*CLICK HERE  for Chapter Nine
Go HERE for the Farming Planning Page
Go HERE  for the "Living with Thomas Lincoln Activity"
 ---CLICK HERE for land surveying information

New Virtual Museum of Surveying for lots of information

*CLICK  HERE 
for Chapter Eight



LAWYER

CLICK THE LINCOLN HAT TO GO TO LINCOLN THE LAWYER

 

 

CLICK HERE to read (Chapter Eleven) about Lincoln's early law career

 POLITICS AT VANDALIA

 

COMING SOON!

 POLITICS & STUMP SPEAKING

Statue of Abraham Lincoln's First Political Speech on a stump at Decatur, Illinois

CLICK THE STATUE TO FIND OUT ABOUT ABE LINCOLN THE STUMP SPEAKER

*CLICK HERE to read about Abe's Invention

---Click Here for the Inventions and Inventor's Activity

 ---Click  Here for History Place Article on Abe's Invention
 		CLICK HERE to read (Chapter Nine) about Lincoln's first speech at Decatur, Illinois

ABE MOVES TO SPRINGFIELD AND MARRIES
MARY TODD
Click Here to Visit the Springfield Links

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