Lincoln returned from the cargo trip and decided to stay in New Salem, about 20 miles northwest of Springfield. By the time Lincoln left the town in 1837, he was a state legislator and his ...
The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...
Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President ...
IDAHO FALLS — President ... Lincoln signed the Idaho Territorial Act, forming Idaho as a U.S. territory in 1863. “People ...
Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a ... In his acceptance speech, Lincoln criticized President Buchanan, denounced slavery, and declared "a house divided ...
Gina Gillmore-Wolter, president of the New Salem Lincoln League, roused McClure and another central Illinois Republican, state Rep. Wayne Rosenthal, to introduce legislation to appropriate money ...
Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln ... in the Illinois State Legislature.