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 ...
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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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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 ...