Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Monticello, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

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

Marker is on Charter Street south of Washington Street, on the left when traveling south.

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The First Cedar Creek Baptist Church

Organized July 4, 1781, as Cedar Creek Baptist Society. Constituted by Joseph Barnett, first pastor. Assisted by John Gerrard and John Whitaker. Early members and trustees included Col. James Rogers, Atkinson Hill, Evan Williams, Anthony Foster and others from nearly ...

The Albert G. Boone Store

(Main Marker)

Originally used as an outfitting store for wagon trains, this building was completed in 1850 by Indian traders George and William Ewing and was sold in 1854 to Albert Gallatin Boone for $7,000. Boone operated the store ...

They Died to Make the Desert Bloom

The United States of America will continue to remember that many who toiled here found their final rest while engaged in the building of this dam.

The United States of America will continue to remember the services of all who labored ...

Lincoln World War II Memorial

In memory of those

who made the supreme sacrifice

in World War II

[Left Column:]

Lawrence Berry • Carl Bohnisch • Etollo Carnesecca • Rene Clark • Bowman Carmichael

[Center Column:]

Stephen Davison • Michael Dougherty • Kenneth Englert • Conrad Frausto • Conrad Frausto • ...

Reading Family Mills

Site of Reading Family Grist, Saw & Fulling Mills. C. 1800

Marker is at the intersection of County Route 523 and Darts Mill Road, on the right when traveling north on County Route 523.

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Stephen C. Foster Memorial

Tribute to Pittsburgh's beloved writer of songs and ballads, including “Oh Suzanna,” “Old Folks at Home,” and “My Old Kentucky Home.” Born in 1826 and died in 1864.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Schenley Drive ...

The Granary

Birthplace of the Telegraph

In 1830, when Stephen Vail purchased the Homestead Farm, the Granary was among the buildings already on the property. It was used to store corn and cereal grains grown on the farm to feed the livestock.

The building ...

Law Office

Samuel Southard, U.S. Senator, N.J. Governor, & Sec. of Navy, erected this building in 1811. Office of Gov. Vroom, 1817-1819 & Alexander Wurts, 1820-1881. Redesigned in the Greek Revival style by Mahlon Fisher in 1840.

Marker is on Main Street, on ...

Whiting Village

A sawmill was built here in 1852 by Luther Hanchett and Amos Courtwright. It was purchased in 1864 by Alexander and Thomas McDill who later added a grist mill. The site was occupied after 1902 by Wisconsin Graphite Company and ...