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Logan County War History Committee Collection
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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) NEW
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More
Logan County Famous &
interesting folks, places & events
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Annual Civil War Walk
set for May 8 at Lincoln Heritage Museum
District 27 Fifth
Graders Will Portray Historical Figures
LINCOLN, IL — The
annual Civil War Walk, featuring fifth graders
from Lincoln Elementary District 27 portraying
historical individuals of the Civil War era,
will be Friday, May 8 at the Lincoln Heritage
Museum.
“This is one of our
favorite events every year. These living history
portrayals allow students to bring history. And
the museum provides an intimate setting and an
appropriate historical bac kdrop for those
presentations,”said Ron Keller, Director of the
Lincoln Heritage Museum.
The fifth graders
from Central, Northwest, and Washington-Monroe
Elementary Schools will present their monologues
to museum guests at appointed times. Northwest
fifth graders will present at 9:00 a.m.,
followed by Washington-Monroe students at 10:30
a.m., and Central School students will start
their presentations at 1 p.m.
The students prep are
weeks in advance in selecting a Civil War era
historical figure, then they write amonologue.
After honing and practicing their portrayals,
they are set to provide their first-person
interpretations in period looking apparel to the
public.
Sara Stuckey, Curriculum
Coordinator at LESD #27, stated, "The Civil War
Walk is a memorable tradition inthe Lincoln
Elementary District 27 community. Each year, our
5th grade students dive into the Civil War era
by a historical figure and bringing that person
to life through a first-person speech performed
at the Lincoln Heritage Museum."Stuckey also
emphasized the impact of students’ prepar
ation leading up to the event. "The journey
begins atthe Lincoln Heritage Museum,” she
explained. “Through an immersive field trip,
students don’t just learn history, they step
into it. By exploring Abraham Lincoln’s life and
values, they gain the historical
perspectiveneeded to bring their own
performances to life. T h e museum staff are
essential partners, bridging the gap between the
classroom and the Civil War Walk."
“I am always impressed
with the tremendous effort these students bring
to their presentations and I encourage everyone
to come and watch these young scholars in
action,” Keller added. Admission to the
Lincoln Heritage Museum is free during the Civil
War Walk, and the public is invited to watch and
enjoy the presentations.
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Mt. Pulaski
“Feb. 1 -
Clark Simpson and Miss Mary Tribbett of Latham married Wednesday last at this place by, and at the
residence of Rev. Boetticher.”
Atlanta “Hawes and Wooley
have sold their stock of lumber to S. H. Fields and J.
T. Wooley sold his interest in the remainder of the
business to Mr. Hawes., who will continue the sale of
coal, salt, lime, etc.
Elkhart “Feb 1. – Col.
Couch of Central Texas, was at Mr. Gillett’s last
Wednesday on the hunt for fine stock for his ranch and
purchased six bulls to be shipped on day this week. Mr.
J. F. Code, of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Broadwell
“H. Staggers
moved last week to the Johnston farm recently vacated by
S. Love. C. S. Campbell, teacher at the Corwine school
house,
Store of John A. Lutz Reduced to
Ruins by Disastrous Fire Lincoln Times Herald,
Lincoln, Illinois, Sept. 25, 1913, p1. Largest Fire of
The Year Runs Big Dry Goods Establishment. Damage is
$45,000 Evening Blaze Combated For Several Hours – Loss
of Building and Stock is Complete.
The following cropped section of the map of Lincoln,
called the
Bird’s Eye View of the
City of Lincoln from 1869:
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Abe
christened his town -1853 |
Mt
Pulaski County seat
1848 - 1855 |
Edward's Trace |
Abe speaking in Lincoln
1858 |
William Scully's huge estates in central Il. |
Civil War Statue in
Lincoln |
Atlanta Civil War soldiers |
1854
Cast-iron Tombstone
Trial
in Mt. Pulaski |
20,000 yr-old mammoth tusk found near Lincoln |
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0Regan
Collection digitized with Index
The Regan Collection is a set of 36 binders of
newspaper clippings covering the years 1859 to
about 1912. It was compiled by John Regan, a
retired attorney from Decatur, IL. This portion
of his collection covers many of the Logan
County Newspapers. It contains a wealth of
information. Mr. Regan passed away in 2020 at
the age of 109.
<click here to access these issues>
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Essential Brotherhood: Langston
and Thurgood
Langston Hughes
Thurgood Marshall
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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.
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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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18 pages of Elkhart Hill - people, places,
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This newly processed accession was
donated by the Horchem family of Middletown. Three of
the fifty-nine pages in the scrapbook are presented here
to give you an idea of the contents. We love getting
donations of this type preserving Logan County History.
The year 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the end of WW
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Lincoln Daily News
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Lincoln Lakes
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Lincoln State School
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Lincoln
Brass Band |
Lincoln Stetson China factory
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handmade by women in Middletown for
the Atlanta Wide Awakes
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(founded in 1862)
4 May, 2016
Lincoln Daily News:
Historical Society recognizes the Logan
County Bar
May, 2017 LDN:
Logan County Genealogical &
Historical Society recognized Logan
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Remembering The Tropics: Lincoln, Illinois' Route 66
roadside oasis
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2012 Lecture:
the interurban”, an unusual and unique service provider
which ran on electricity and was partially responsible
for bringing electricity to several small towns and
rural areas
[NEW]
2024 update
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The Interurban
The traction
trains, or interurban trains, had their
start in Illinois in Danville, IL in
1901 when William Brown McKinley, a
Champaign banker and owner of the
Champaign Street Railway and the
Danville Street Railway, built a
railroad line linking Danville and
Westville. Eventually he built or
purchased interurban lines all over
Illinois, linking cities from St. Louis,
MO to Chicago, IL, Bloomington included.
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Brandt Sisters of Atlanta |
Home built in 1837
by John Latham
- then acquired in 1851 by John
D. Gillett, who named it Crohurst |
Paul Beaver,
Professor
Emeritus of Lincoln College,
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William Scully
left behind his
son Thomas & daughter-in-law Violet,
who continued
the legacy of the Scully family
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The LCGHS
offers one room that is dedicated solely
to Abraham Lincoln, containing many
memorabilia
items such as a collection of Lincoln
plates, & some very attractive folk-art
style caricatures of the President,
a library of books pertaining to the
President, as well as
to his life in Illinois & his
relationship to the town of Lincoln.
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Hotel
Lincoln had a cafeteria, banquet
room, and "tap room" |
Dr. G. Dennis Campbell , who established
the
Lincoln College Creekside Environmental
Education Center |
Lincoln College Closed in 2022 -
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The Rustic Inn -where in 1876
a gang of counterfeiters
plotted
to steal &
ransom Lincoln's body
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Jabez
Capps, tri-founder of
Mt. Pulaski - 1836 |
William Maxwell,
national editor
&
author
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Frank
Capps – inventor
who worked with Thomas Edison |
Mt. Pulaski
House Hotel -
built in 1844
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Edwin
Goodpaster, retired national
editor of the Baltimore Sun
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Jim Hickey,
curator of the
Il. State Historical Library
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Dr. Herbert Ryman,
WWI battlefield hero
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Langston Hughes,
author & poet
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Emmy
&
Tony Award
winning
actor, Hal Holbrook,
Lincoln College,
commencement speaker - 2016
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