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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTH_the-first-congregational-church_Champaign-IL.html
The First Congregational Church, built in 1855-56, was popularly known as the "Goose Pond" Church, because the site was once a water-filled area, home to flocks of wild geese and ducks. The church became a meeting center for numerous groups aspir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTC_champaigns-lincoln_Champaign-IL.html
Top Section Until the Illinois Central Railroad rolled into town, geese flocked to a pond in this vicinity. The IC cleared the pond and donated the land to the Congregationalist (today the Community United Church of Christ). Their sanctuary, comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG63_lincolns-mahomet-mahomets-lincoln_Mahomet-IL.html
Lincoln's Mahomet Upper Section The village of Middletown-Mahomet was platted by Daniel Porter in 1832 on the west bank of the Sangamon River near its headwaters. The main street of the village was actually a new road, made necessary by the locat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG58_champaign-countys-lincoln_Mahomet-IL.html
(Top Section) Champaign County was always on Lincoln's circuit. Abraham Lincoln spent nearly 20 years of his life practicing law on the 8th Judicial Circuit, traveling from one county seat to another. Even as the circuit shrank while population g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFVN_beginning-of-the-lincoln-circuit-trail_Homer-IL.html
A National Historic trail of the Boy Scouts of America established in 1963 as part of the circuit traveled between Urbana and Danville, Il. By Abraham Lincoln on the Eighth Judicial District in 1847 - 1859.
The trail traverses 16 miles easterly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSW_on-the-bloomington-road-the-clark-neighborhood_Homer-IL.html
On the Bloomington RoadThe Fort Clark Road, later known as the Bloomington or State Road, was an important artery for commerce between Danville and Urbana. The road was first approved in 1826 by the Illinois Assembly. It was the first state road i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFS1_lincoln-in-tolono_Tolono-IL.html
Abraham Lincoln traveled through Tolono by locomotive at least eighteen times. He whiled the time away for his train connections by playing horseshoes and visiting with the Tolono residents. While campaigning in Illinois, Lincoln would frequently …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRO_lincoln-at-kelleys-tavern_St-Joseph-IL.html
Kelley's Tavern was originally called Strong's Inn after Cyrus Strong, who built a mud-mortar log cabin here in the 1830's. The inn at Strong's Ford was a stop on the Bloomington or State Road from Danville west to Urbana. Kelley's Inn was a stop …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7VM_abraham-lincoln-eighth-judicial-district_Urbana-IL.html
Abraham Lincolntraveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ???1847 - 1857
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM72J_abraham-lincoln-eighth-judicial-district_Kansas-IL.html
Abraham Lincolntraveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District1847 - 1859