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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRMI_lincolns-law-practice_Mt-Pulaski-IL.html
Lincoln illustrator Lloyd Ostendorf imagined this scene in connection with Mt. Pulaski's "cast iron tombstone" case that Lincoln handled on appeal in the Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield (1859). Two local residents separately sued Reuben Mill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRMF_circuit-court-stop_Mt-Pulaski-IL.html
Mid-19th Century Lawyers riding the eighth judicial circuit sometimes found that local accommodations left much to be desired. If they were lucky, a prosperous local resident would invite them into their home. If not, they were at the mercy of loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7YL_mt-pulaski-court-house_Mt-Pulaski-IL.html
Mt. Pulaski served as the seat of Logan County from 1848 to 1853. The First County Court was at Postville, now part of Lincoln, Illinois.In 1848 Logan County voters approved the removal of the Court from Postville to Mt. Pulaski. Local citizens ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7YH_bi-plane-train-race-1910_Mt-Pulaski-IL.html
The historic race between a Wright Brothers bi-plane (2 wings) and an Illinois Central Steam train took place September 29, 1910 from Washington Park in Chicago to the State Fairgrounds in Springfield.Wilbur Wright was a passenger on the train. Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7VG_abraham-lincoln-eighth-judicial-district_Mt-Pulaski-IL.html
Abraham Lincolntraveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ???1847 - 1857