The Lincoln Descendants

Abraham Lincoln • 1809 - 1865 • age 56

Mary Todd Lincoln • 1818 - 1882 • age 63

Lincoln children

Robert Todd • 1843 - 1926 • age 82

Edward Baker • 1846 - 1850 • age 3 (consumption)

William Wallace • 1850 - ...

Lightning Guider Sleds

Produced between 1904 and 1988 by the Standard Novelty Works, located here. In 1920 the plant was credited with producing more children's sleds than any other U.S. factory; its capacity was then 1,600 to 1,800 per day. The company also ...

Alabama A&M University former names / Alabama Agricultural and M

Normal, Alabama

Alabama A&M University former names

1873 - Colored Normal School at Huntsville

1885 - The Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School

1896 - The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes

1919 - The State Agricultural and ...

Reconstruction and Renovation

The Lincoln tomb has undergone two reconstructions. The first, undertaken from 1899 to 1901, corrected a failing foundation. the structure was completely dismantled, new foundations were placed and the tomb was re-erected with an additional 15 feet added to the ...

National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Tomb

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic sites Act of August 31, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

om commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S.Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1964

Old Athens Cemetery

This site is the original burial ground for Athens and contains the remains of its earliest citizens. It is a part of the original tract of land purchased for The University of Georgia by Governor John Milledge in 1801. All ...

Building the Lincoln Tomb

On April 24, 1865, several associates of Abraham Lincoln formed the National Lincoln Monument Association to raise funds for and build a fitting memorial over the president's grave. An 1868 competition chose the monument design of sculptor Larking G. Mead, ...

India House / British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square

Exploring Downtown

India House

The handsome brownstone building facing Hanover Square, built in 1853, originally housed the Hanover Bank – making this a rare surviving bank building from pre-Civil War New York. Like so many banks, it was inspired by ...

Andrew County

Andrew County, organized 1841, is one of 6 counties in the Indian Platte Purchase Territory annexed to Missouri, 1837. Named for Andrew Jackson Davis, St. Louis editor, the county was first settled in the middle 1830’s. Pioneers were from Ohio, ...

Boston Mills Road Bridge

An 1834 survey map provides the earliest evidence of a bridge crossing the Cuyahoga River at this site. This rendering, based on a 1890's postcard, shows a covered bridge connecting the Akron-Cleveland Road (now Riverview Road) to the village of ...