I. C. Honors Mr. Lincoln

Since 1856, Beecher Hall has been the headquarters of two of Illinois College men's societies. Sigma Pi Society and Phi Alpha Society. Both societies elected Abraham Lincoln into honorary membership in their fraternal-literary organizations in 1859. Lincoln subsequently had close ...

Lincoln and Slavery

Pictured in the crowd listening to Abraham Lincoln's speech is Joseph O. King, a prominent merchant who later became mayor of Jacksonville. He helped found a political group that agitated for the exclusion of slavery from the free territories. Their ...

Lincoln County Confederate Monument

[Crossed Flags]

61-65

To the Memory

of the

Confederate Soldiers

of

Lincoln County

Marker is on North Washington Street (State Highway 43), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq War Memorial

We honor the men and women of

the United States Armed Forces for

their efforts to let freedom reign in

the Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan,

and Iraq. "You can only protect

your liberties in this world by

protecting the other ...

Lincoln and Governor Duncan

Abraham Lincoln won his elected office, a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1834. That same year Joseph Duncan of Jacksonville was elected Governor of Illinois. Before you stands the home of Joseph Duncan, which became the official ...

Lincoln's Religion

Abraham Lincoln was often accused by his detractors---and even by some of his friends---of not being a Christian.

Just before becoming President, Lincoln shared the following with his friend Dr. Newton Bateman: "I know there is a God, and that He ...

The Great Clinton Fire

Commemorating the Great Clinton Fire

October 30, 1891

100 Year Anniversary

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Apalachee Trail

The Apalachee Indian Trail of early times

passed in this vicinity through Alligator -

now Lake City - to near the upper mineral

springs - White Springs - on to Tallahassee

via Alapaha.

This marker commemorates, also, the historically

prominent ...

August Belmont II

1853 - 1924

Man O' War, the legendary race horse from the Golden Age of Sport, was bred in Kentucky by August Belmont II. For more than a quarter-century, Belmont was perhaps the most important figure in Thoroughbred racing, as chairman ...

John Saegmuller House

This Prairie style house was built around 1926 for John Leonard Saegmuller. The prominent local family owned about 240 acres of land in this part of the county. John worked for his father George Nicholas designing optical instruments at his ...