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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYI_the-state-capitol_Springfield-IL.html
Completed in 1888Has been placedon theNationalRegister ofHistoric Placesby the United StatesDepartment of theInterior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYH_spanish-american-war-memorial_Springfield-IL.html
West SideIllinois Volunteer Regiments7th Infantry · Colonel Marcus Kavanaugh8th Infantry · Colonel John R. Marshall9th Infantry · Colonel James R. Campbell1st Cavalry · Colonel Edward G. YoungBattery A Light Artillery &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVA_surveyor-presidents_Springfield-IL.html
Many people look at Mount Rushmore, carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota, as a monument to four Presidents, but land surveyors see it as "three surveyors and one other guy." Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln all were land surveyors. George W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWV8_streetscape-1859_Springfield-IL.html
North side of the public squareThis is the how the north side of the public square looked from this vantage point (circa 1859), looking east along Washington Street. The rickety wood structures of "Chicken Row" that had been familiar to Lincoln wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWV7_streetscape-1859_Springfield-IL.html
West side of the public squareThis is the how west side of the public square looked from this vantage point (circa 1859), looking north along Fifth Street. In September 1859 "daguerrean" (photographer) Preston Butler advertised his four photograph…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWV6_currans-jewelry-shop_Springfield-IL.html
The Gregarious General Isaac B. Curran was a prominent citizen in Lincoln's Springfield. His store here on the south side of the square was a popular gathering place for Lincoln's political opponents. Curran arrived as a young silversmith from Ith…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWS8_lincolns-dentist_Springfield-IL.html
Americans had poor oral hygiene in Lincoln's era.Rotten teeth and foul breath were common (halitosis was not yet a social evil). Calomel frequently prescribed by doctors for fevers caused many people to have loose teeth. Dentistry was plagued by i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWS7_c-m-s-smith-store_Springfield-IL.html
Shoppers at Clark M. Smith's All-Purpose Store on the South Side of the public square seldom paid cash. Money was scarce; credit accounts were common. Smith's in-laws—-the Lincolns—-had an account. After her husband lost the Senate rac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWS6_the-bath-barber-shop_Springfield-IL.html
"The bathing rooms now kept by Rev. S. S. Ball in the rear of his Barber's Shop are in elegant trim for the accommodation of his Friends and the public," advertised Elder Samuel S. Ball.His shop was on the south side of the public square (1849-185…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWR3_in-their-springfield-prime_Springfield-IL.html
1854 marked Lincoln's public return to politics following a five-year hiatus. That year Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois pushed the "Kansas-Nebraska Act" through the U.S. Congress, overturning the 1820 Missouri Compromise line. Fearing the s…