After years of neglect, an Illinois village with ties to Abraham Lincoln is getting a refresh
Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic ...
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IDNR and Illinois Capital Development Board announce additional Lincoln’s New Salem funding to tune of $8m
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Capital Development Board announced on Wednesday an $8 million investment for enhancements at Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site in ...
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Young Abraham Lincoln’s tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
The tiny central Illinois village ... River to New Orleans when he snagged his flatboat on the Sangamon River dam at New Salem. “That was destiny,” said Guy Fraker, a Bloomington, Illinois ...
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Young Abraham Lincoln's tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover
Gina Gillmore-Wolter, president of the New Salem Lincoln League, explains that the drive shaft, just over her right shoulder, has fallen out of the floor of the gristmill, part of the ...