Day 3- Wednesday June 13– It was a day spent driving- from Springfield, Illinois- to Iowa- straight across Iowa. The speed limit went up to 75 MPH. I noticed going […]

Day 2 was a busy day in Springfield, Illinois. 1-The Lincoln Family Home 2-The Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library 3-The Lincoln-Herndon Law Office 4-The Train Depot where Lincoln left for […]

The Old Capitol Building -where Abraham Lincoln served in the Illinois House of Representives for four terms. It was also where he gave his famous “Divided House” speech. It was […]

About 20 miles out of Springfield is the reconstructed village of New Salem-which is now an Illiinois State Historical Park. Abraham Lincoln spent his early adulthood here. Had to run […]

There is only one building left where Lincoln and his law partner William Herndon had their law office. The one that is left- they were there from 1843-1852. The law […]