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once a walk-through and view log farm, is now a living farm with animals, crops and interpreters. The new visitor center at right has a large hands on and visual museum and a video history presentation |
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. . . The Lincoln Log Cabin State
State Historic Site,
near Lerna, Illinois |
Thomas and Sarah
Bush Lincoln 4th Farm Site in Coles County
Our President never lived here, but
was known to visit on occasion, and
would visit his step- mother, Sarah Bush at the Moore House, before
leaving
for Washington D.C. upon his election as President. Much history occurred
in and around Charleston. It is a major section of the Lincoln
Heritage
Trail. Thomas Lincoln and his family would separate from the
oldest
son, Abraham who desired to go his own way, to make his own
fortune.
The winter in the Macon County log house was devastating and the
Lincolns
headed back to Indiana. On the way back they stopped in nearby
Coles
County, where friendly neighbors there would convince him to give that
area
a chance. The Lincolns, without Abraham, would live in three
cabins
and on three farms before settling at Goosenest, near Charleston. |
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once a walk-through and view log farm, is now a living farm with animals, crops and interpreters. The new visitor center at right has a large hands on and visual museum and a video history presentation |
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The old Well Pump Apparatus (usable) |
Lincoln Log Cabin Historical Site has a moving wagon (above) used by the Lincolns to move into Illinois in 1830, and a Conestoga Wagon displayed in front of the visitor's center | |
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Photos of Lincoln Log Cabin by Howard Taylor, Spring 2009 |
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Left: Cabin view with Thomas walking in back Right- the farm as viewed from the west (backside) |
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Cabin at left, with wild flowers and split rail fence.
At right are Thomas and Sarah Lincoln and metal smith |
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Thomas Lincoln (right) visiting with Stephen Sargant, fellow neighbors and farmers in the Goosenest Farm neighborhood. The two men operated their farms in very different ways. The nearly life size murals and the video presentation, plus a myriad of other displays describe early 19th century life in Central Illinois. |
Near the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is the
Moore Home.
Visit our Website to tell the story of Abraham Lincoln's last visit to
Central
Illinois after being elected
the 16th President
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to My
On the Lincoln Heritage Trail Page
