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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HX_lincolns-farewell-to-springfield_Springfield-IL.html
February 11, 1861My friends, no one not in my situation can appreciate my feelings of sadness at this parting, to this place, and the kindness of this people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HI_the-lincoln-depot_Springfield-IL.html
From this building on February 11, 1861 Abraham Lincoln departed Springfield, Illinois to assume the Presidency of the United States. After bidding farewell to a number of friends, he delivered a brief, spontaneous and moving farewell address to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM104_lewis-and-clark-expedition_Hartford-IL.html
Near here at Camp Dubois, the Lewis and Clark Detachment spent the winter of 1803. They left on May 14, 1804, ascending the Missouri River to its source. Crossed the Great Divide reaching the Pacific on November 7, 1805. They returned to Illinois …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2_the-journey-begins-here_Hartford-IL.html
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Corps of Discovery stayed at Camp River Dubois during the winter of 1803-1804, on their journey to find an all-water-route to the Pacific Ocean. For five months, the Corps stayed near the confluence of the…