New Salem, an Illinois village with ties to Abraham Lincoln, getting a refresh after years of neglect
The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to ...
Times Union1d
Young Abraham Lincoln's tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
(AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central Illinois ...
Chicago Tribune10d
Efforts underway to restore crumbling site where Abraham Lincoln began his political rise
Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had been hired by a man named Denton Offutt to deliver the boat cargo to ...
Daily Herald3d
After public pressure, Illinois commits $8M to repair deteriorating site where Lincoln launched political career
Nearly a century after the Civil Conservation Corps reconstructed the once-thriving village of New Salem where Abraham Lincoln spent his 20s working odd jobs, studying law and winning his first ...
The Independent1d
Young Abraham Lincoln's tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
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The State Journal-Register13d
Infusion of funds for Lincoln site comes after critics called it 'dilapidated'
New Salem is a reconstruction of a village where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. The $8 million in funding comes from Rebuild Illinois, a capital plan that addresses state facilities.
Quad-City Times7d
Efforts underway to restore crumbling site where Abraham Lincoln began his political rise
PETERSBURG — In 1831, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had been hired by a man named Denton Offutt to ...