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Abraham Lincoln's First Home in Illinois
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A historical overview using photographs, news articles and historical accounts of the location of Abraham Lincoln's first home in Illinois.

Tags: ", "deep snow", Abraham Lincoln's First Home in Illinois, Assassination, Boston Commons 1865, Cabin, centennial celebration, Chicago Fair 1865, Decatur, Decatur Gazette, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur Magnet, Decatur Republican, Dennis and John Hanks, Edward J. Jacob, Fishing. Group Camping, George S Simpson, Harristown, Hathi Trust Digital Library, Hiking, Historic Landmarks, History of Macon County, IDNR, Illinois, Illinois DAR, Illinois State Historical Society, Immigrants, James T. Whitley Sr., John D. Johnson, John Dipper, Kiwanis Club, Lincoln Memorial Parkway, Local History Club, Macon County, Macon County History Museum, Memorials, Nancy Hanks, Picnicking, Restoration, Rev. William E. Barton, Sangamon River, Sarah Bush Johnson, Section 1, Spitler Woods State Park, Squire Hall, T. Graham Bradley, Thomas Benton Shoaff, Thomas Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln Family, University of Illinois Archives, University of Illinois Library, Whitley Cemetery, Whitley Mill

Aerial View - July 1913 Unknown small town

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Aerial View of unknown town in Macon County, IL. July 1913.

Tags: Aerial View. July 1913, Macon County, Roads, Town

Board of Directors Meeting - December 2014 - agenda

This is the agenda for the Board of Directors meeting in December 2014. Items discussed were city librarian's report, personnel policy and public relations, hiring of attorney, finance and properties, check register, budget report, budget update,…

Building a Road

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Roads--Machinery 1912 - Photo ran in the Review May 3, 1912.

Tags: 1912, 5/3/1912, Demonstration, Herald and Review, Machinery, Macon County, Men, Road Building, Roads

Dantown Distillery

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Photograph of the Dantown Distillery in Macon County.

Tags: Dantown, Dantown Distillery, Distillery, Ella Foulk Converse, Foulk family, Macon County

Deed to Lot in Boiling Springs Cemetery, September 9, 1946

This is the Deed to Lots in the Boiling Springs Cemetery purchased by John Hibbs on September 9, 1946. It states that Mr. Hibbs purchased grave sights 6 and 7 in block number 2 in lot 250. This certificate was notarized by F. S. Troutman on October…

Tags: 1946, Block #2, Boiling Springs Cemetery, Cemetery Lot Deed, Cemetery Trustees, Decatur IL, Forty dollars, Frank S. Troutman, Grave sights 6 and 7, Hibbs Personal Papers, Hickory Point IL, Howard S. Butt Sr, John Hibbs, Lot #250, Macon County, October 5, Ray W. Doran, September 9

Finance and Properties - December 2014 - agenda and minutes

These are the agenda and minutes of the Finance and Properties committee meeting in December 2014. Items discussed were check register, budget review, Decatur Public Building Commission of Macon County, Sikich proposal, public meetings, memorandum of…

Tags: Agenda, budget review, check register, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Building Commission, Decatur Public Library, December 2014, Finance and Properties, lease agreement, local history project, Macon County, Meeting, memorandum of understanding, Minutes, public meetings, Rick Meyer, Sikich proposal

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