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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14RF_living-off-the-land_Hodgenville-KY.html
The Lincolns moved to Knob Creek after a title dispute forced them to leave Sinking Spring Farm. Here Thomas Lincoln rented 30 acres of fertile fields, hardly enough land to sustain a family in those times. Thomas and Nancy Lincoln grew corn and p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14R5_two-miles-south-of-this-town-abraham-lincoln-was-born_Hodgenville-KY.html
Two miles south of this town Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809.
Erected with appropriations made by the Legislature of Kentucky and the Congress of the United States of America
Anno Domini MCMIX (1909)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14R3_courthouse-burned_Hodgenville-KY.html
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Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident.See map on reverse side.The courthouse at Hodgenville was burned by gue…
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Larue County— ? — ? —
Was established March 1, 1843 from part of Hardin County after debate over selection of name. An act to create Helm County honoring John LaRue Helm, then Speaker of the House, was amended b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8L0_the-boundary-oak_Hodgenville-KY.html
Originally thought to be approximately 400 years old prior to its death in 1976, the park cut the remains of this magnificent oak in 1986. However, a study of the growth rings after its removal showed the tree to be approximately 195 years of age.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KZ_the-sinking-spring_Hodgenville-KY.html
The Thomas Lincoln family obtained its water supply from this spring; the infant child, Abraham, had his earliest drinks of water from this source. When Thomas Lincoln moved here in 1808, the 300-acre farm already was variously known as "Sinking S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KX_the-memorial-building_Hodgenville-KY.html
This building was erected by the Lincoln Farm Association from funds obtained by popular subscription, mostly by American school children. The building, designed by John Russell Pope, was constructed 1909-1911 of Connecticut pink granite and Tenne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JU_lincoln-knob-creek-farm_Hodgenville-KY.html
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)lived on this 228 acre farm,1811-1816. He wrote in 1860"My earliest recollection isof the Knob Creek place."A younger brother was born here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3J0_lincoln-knob-creek-farm_Hodgenville-KY.html
Abraham Lincoln, sixteenthpresident of the United States,lived five years,1811 to 1816, onthis Knob Creek farm.Reference to his Kentucky years,Abraham stated "My earliestrecollection however, is of the Knob Creek place..."He and his sister Sarah,a…