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Friends of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial

Formation and Activities of the Friends of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial

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Photos of Street Lights on Cerro Gordo, N. Broadway, Prairie and Sleet Storm.

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Photographs of Streets Lights in various locations.

Photograph of the Stapp Lions

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These lions were purchased by Dr. J.T.B. Stapp and placed in front of his home at 252 N. Franklin St. in the early 1880's. This house was later purchased by I.A. Harkrader. The lions stood at that address until Mrs. Rollo C. Persinger, who last…

Photographs of the Culver House

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412 W. Prairie Ave. John H. Culver home, built around 1887. It was sold to Roy Phillips in 1950 by Elizabeth C. Shellabarger, daughter of John H. Culver. Phillips remodeled it into apartments. A fire in 1979 caused extensive damage to the attic and…

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Photographs from the Morehouse & Wells Fire

Several photographs from the August 22, 1909 Morehouse & Wells fire that took out nearly a block of downtown Decatur businesses. The fire started in the Morehouse & Wells building on East Main and destroyed half the block bounded by Merchant,…

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Friends of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial

Photos of Street Lights on Cerro Gordo, N. Broadway, Prairie and Sleet Storm.

Photograph of the Stapp Lions

Photographs of the Culver House

Photographs from the Morehouse & Wells Fire

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Photo of Lowell Williamson in uniform