Title Looking for Lincoln in Illinois : Lincoln's Springfield / Bryon C. Andreasen

Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Lincoln's Springfield -- In their Springfield prime -- The Lincoln boys' Springfield -- Samuel S. Ball's Bath & Barber Shop -- C.M. and S. Smith Store -- Lincoln's dentist -- Curran's Jewelry Shop -- Lincoln's invention -- Mary Lincoln's wedding ring -- Lincoln's hat -- Illinois State Register Office -- Campaign poles -- Fourth Street cottage -- Lincoln's Temperance Address -- Globe Tavern -- First Presbyterian Church -- Lincoln's funeral train -- Boarding house romance? -- Chenery House -- Brunswick's Billiard Hall -- Stuart & Lincoln Law Office -- Joshua Speed's Store -- Lincoln's last law office -- Simeon Francis Home -- The "Ball Alley" -- Springfield Marine & fire Insurance Company -- Corneau & Diller Drug Store -- Cook's Hall -- The American House -- William Florville's Barber Shop -- Lincoln-era fire companies -- The Lyceum -- Lincoln's carriage maker -- Mary Lincoln's funeral -- The children's Lincoln -- Mary Lincoln's family -- Lincoln's horse -- Lincoln and animals -- Great Western Railroad Depot -- Animal problems -- Republican wigwams -- Political rallies and parades -- Wide-Awakes -- Masonic Hall -- Leaping Lincoln -- Virgil Hickox Home -- Clark and Ann Marie Smith Home (Vachel Lindsay Home) -- Illinois Executive Mansion -- Ninian and Elizabeth Edwards Home -- Mather's Grove Summary Presenting fifty Abraham Lincoln stories-some familiar and beloved, some fresh and unexpected- Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: Lincoln's Springfield is a carefully researched, richly illustrated guide to the Springfield, Illinois, locations on the Looking for Lincoln Story Trail. Created by the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition, this trail consists of more than two hundred illustrated storyboards posted in sites of significance to Lincoln's life and career across fifty-two communities in Illinois. The storyboards connect Lincoln-related tales to the geographical locations whe Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates -- Anecdotes Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Springfield -- Anecdotes SUBJECT Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Buildings Friendship Homes Manners and customs SUBJECT Springfield (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Anecdotes Springfield (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes Springfield (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Anecdotes Subject Illinois -- Springfield Genre/Form Anecdotes History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780809333837 080933383X

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