New Salem

Dana-Thomas House Elderhostel 8th Street Lincoln's Church Lincoln's Home Lincoln's Tomb Law Offices Mount Pulaski New Salem Old State Capitol Presidential Museum Salisbury Train Station

New Salem

Lincoln's Store Villagers Village Businesses

 

the Visitor's Center

All about the Lincoln story

 

statue of Lincoln on a horse

 

Lincoln as a young man
(from the new Lincoln Presidential Museum)

 

typical log house of New Salem

Photos of the Village residences

 

Lincoln studying in New Salem

 

and thinking

 

Lincoln as a log splitter

 

as a surveyor

 

statue as a surveyor

 

 

in 1832 Lincoln volunteers for the Black Hawk War
and was elected Captain

 

Lincoln's third location for a store
(January 15, 1833 Lincoln and William F. Berry
 purchase this store from William Greene for $750)

Photos of the Lincoln stores in New Salem

 

as a candidate for office

 

store of a competitor
Hill-McNeil store

Photos of this and the other Village businesses

 

Conestoga Wagon in the Museum

 

Museum statue of Lincoln on a horse

 

nearby Petersburg Courthouse


Courthouses of the Law Circuit

 

Christian County Courthouse

 

Lincoln discussing cases with clients

 

sitting in the Judge's chair

 

pleading the case of a divorcing wife

 

Lincoln in Mount Pulaski
(mural on the side of Mt Pulaski House

More Photos of Mount Pulaski Courthouse

 

the Mt Pulaski Courthouse

 

the court room


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