The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to ...

PETERSBURG, Ill. (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 village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating PETERSBURG, Ill. -- Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his ...

Young Abraham Lincoln's Tiny Illinois Town Is Due for a Makeover PETERSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before ...