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 [Logan
County Genealogical & Historical Society]
[Logan
Co. Tourism website]
[Mt.
Pulaski Courthouse]
[Abraham
Lincoln in Logan County, 1834-1860]
[Mount Pulaski Township
Historical Society Museum]
[Mount Pulaski Township
Historical Society Website]
 [Elkhart
Historical Society]
[Elkhart Historical Society Website]
  
(First Lincoln Namesake City)
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More
Logan County Famous &
interesting folks, places & events
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0Regan
Collection digitized with Index
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Logan County War History Committee Collection
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In 2017, nearly eight hundred issues of The
Lincoln Herald from
1873-1882, 1884, 1889, 1894, 1895, were found in
the attic of a building that was once their
jewelry store. The Shew family was gracious
enough to donate the papers to LCGHS. That
started a five-year journey to humidify,
sanitize, flatten, clean, digitize & index the
papers. This project will be complete by the
fifth anniversary of the donation in November
2022. Many of the stories found in the Society’s
quarterly, Roots
& Branches,
are coming from this collection. The most recent
being the series of articles telling the story
of the history & development of the Union
Cemetery at Lincoln, IL ... in the Spring Issue
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Meeting
Schedule:
Dec: No Meeting in
December.
All program
meetings are at 6:30 pm on the third
Monday of each month. The speakers are
first on the agenda. We look forward to
seeing you.
Please call, Vice-President and Program
Chairperson, with suggestions for
programs at 217-732-3200.
<-- Rte. 66 Lincoln Mill Museum now OPEN |
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William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (August
16, 1908 [Lincoln, Il.] – July 31, 2000)
was an American editor, novelist, short
story writer, essayist, children's
author, and memoirist. He served as a
fiction editor at The
New Yorker from
1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his
writers, Maxwell became a mentor and
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In the mid-1800’s, covering the Illinois 8th Judicial
Circuit required traveling approximately 450
miles by horseback and horse and buggy
through fourteen counties, including Mount
Pulaski, the Logan County Seat from 1848 to
1855. However, it was not until 1849
that Mr. Lincoln re-joined this Judicial
Circuit, having served two years in the
United States House of Representatives: 1847
- 1848.
Mr. Lincoln “allowed” Judge David Davis and
the other lawyers to stay at the Mount
Pulaski House Hotel, while he resided with
friends that he had made, namely the Capps,
Lushbaugh and Beidler families of Mount
Pulaski.
[click on the photos
above for more]
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20 June 1861
Where Does He Stand!
The importance of the crisis has induced our intelligent
correspondent
"Senex," of Mt. Pulaski,
to write a letter on Traitors.
In
times like these we have a right to know who are the
friends of the country, and we therefore insert his
letter. If the "lawyer" spoken of is a loyal citizen,
let him so declare himself; if his is an enemy, wishing
the success of treason, it should be known. We deem it
our duty to insert the letter and to ask him to come out
and define his position, as the time for neutrality is
passed. Do this soon, or the strong hand of Uncle Sam
may close on the seat of your breeches and hold you up
amid the curses and indignation of your countrymen, as
an object of everlasting ridicule and disgrace!
SENEX Mt. Pulaski, June 10th.
Snippet
from 2011 R & B Summer Quarterly
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List of Mt. Pulaski Businesses - 1877
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Snippet
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