Richard Colbert Mason

Engineer · Scientist · Inventor

Library registered of 19 United States Patents, Inventor of many devises [sic] for the oil industry. Engineer for the U.S.A. during the World War-2. He conceived the idea of Christ’s statue atop Devils Tower which he ...

Steamboats and Railroads

Lincoln traveled to Quincy by stagecoach in 1854 after crossing the Illinois River at Naples. Lincoln's first documented visit was to support the Congressional candidacy of Archibald Williams and to attack the Kansas- Nebraska Act and its author, Stephen A. ...

Lincoln's Carthage Speech

Abraham Lincoln defended himself against political attacks during much of the speech he delivered here on the courthouse grounds on October 22, 1858. Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken here eleven days earlier, had accused Lincoln of being too cozy ...

Caney High School Stadium

Constructed by

The United States Government

Works Progress Administration

August 1938 – October 1939

First Night Game September 29, 1939

Caney 39 Altoona 0

Stadium Dedication October 27, 1939

Caney 19 Sedan 0

Attendance 1600

Total Cost $52,370.64

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Sponsored by

The Board of Education

A Works Progress Administration Project

1938

Marker is on 9th ...

Lincoln and Agriculture

Agricultural life has defined the very essence of Hancock County from the earliest days of its Anglo-American settlement. Lincoln, however, seemed indifferent to agriculture. Once he left his father's home, Lincoln never farmed again. But he came to respect the ...

Lebanon Veterans Memorial

In memory and appreciation of our men and women who served and sacrificed defending America's Freedom.

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

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127th Illinois

1st Brigade - 2nd Division

[Front Side]:

Illinois

127th Infantry,

1st Brigade - Giles A. Smith,

2nd Division - Morgan L. Smith,

15th Army Corps - Blair.

[Back Side]:

The metal plaque is missing

Marker can be reached from North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.

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The "Old Jail"

In the old Carthage jail which stands one block south of here, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Prophet and Patriarch of the Mormon Church were killed by a mob on June 27, 1844. Two years later the Mormons withdrew from Illinois, ...

Lincoln in Hancock County

Hancock County was off the beaten track for Abraham Lincoln. County residents were more familiar with his senatorial opponent, Stephen A. Douglas. In October 1858, Lincoln addressed an enthusiastic audience on the Carthage square. Afterward, he walked a few blocks ...

116th Illinois

1st Brigade - 2nd Division

[Front Side]:

Illinois

116th Infantry,

1st Brigade - Giles A. Smith,

2nd Division - Morgan L. Smith,

15th Army Corps - Blair.

[Back Side]:

The metal plaque is missing

Marker can be reached from North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.

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