Historic Sites in Shelbyville, IL

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Left Section In the summer of 1856, Abraham Lincoln traveled across much of Illinois, giving speeches supporting the ...

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Center Panel Strasburg Veterans Memorial All Gave Some + Some Gave All (Seals of United States Branches of Military) ...

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On the Pillar 1776 - 1781 1812 - 1814 1846 - 1848 1861 - 1865 1898 - 1898 On the Base Erected in 1907 in memory of th...

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Left Section Taverns - - or Inns - - were the primary accommodation for the circuit traveler. Before arriving in Shel...

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Left Section Anthony Thornton and Abraham Lincoln led fairly similar lives. Both were born in Kentucky, were tall, an...

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Sculptor John McClarey is a former Illinois high school history teacher with an international reputation as an artist...

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Abraham Lincoln traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District 1847 - 1857 Smaller Plaque: ...

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In the Shelbyville area during the Spring of 1929, Raymore McDonald designed and developed the first commercial pick-...

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May this site of "Freedom Square" be an eternal remembrance of those Shelby County Veterans who served and...

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Left Section Abraham Lincoln handled at least 147 divorce cases during his twenty-five years as a lawyer. One in Shel...

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Lake Shelbyville contains more than 11,000 acres, providing various recreation opportunities, including birding. Al...

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Abraham Lincoln traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District 1847 - 1857

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In memory of a devoted promoter of the Historical Two Story Outhouse built in 1872.

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Coal was discovered in Moweaqua in 1886 With mining operations beginning in 1891 The method of mining was room and pi...

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The Moultrie County Courthouse was dedicated November 12, 1906. It was authorized by the citizens in February 1904, d...

Lincoln-thornton Debate / Lincoln Circuit