Colonel C. Lincoln Wilson

Founder of the City of Lincoln

First president of the Sacramento Valley Railroad

Founder of the California Central Railroad

Colonel Wilson came to California in 1849 not to look for gold but to build a transportation industry. After operating a successful toll road ...

Lincoln Speech July 27, 1858

"You can fool all the people part of the time and part of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time."

Spoken in an address in Clinton July 27, 1858 by

Abraham Lincoln

"I ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District / A Friend of Lincoln

[Larger Marker]:

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

[Smaller Marker]:

In Memory

John R. Thompson

1830 - 1895

A Friend of Lincoln

Marker is on Lincoln Trail Road east of County Route 200E, on the left when ...

Abraham Lincoln at Cadiz Junction

Here, February 14, 1861, Abraham Lincoln alighted from a train en route from his home in Illinois to the nations’s capital, where on March 4th he would become our sixteenth President. Cadiz Junction, a breakfast stop for the President Elect, ...

Abraham Lincoln Forded Stony Creek

Riding the Judicial Circuit

At this place from 1841 to 1856 Abraham Lincoln forded Stony Creek when riding the Judicial Circuit

Marker is on Lincoln Trail Road 0.9 miles west of County Route 680E, on the right when traveling west.

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Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Piatt / Champaign Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is at the intersection of County Route 1675N and County Route 0E, on the left when traveling west on County Route ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Dewitt / Piatt Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is at the intersection of County Route 300E and County Route 2100N, on the left when traveling south on County Route ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Shelby / Coles Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is at the intersection of Old State Road and County Route 100E, on the left when traveling west on Old State ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Edgar / Coles Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is on Coach Road (County Road 300N) near County Road 2780E, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Champaign / Vermilion Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is at the intersection of County Route 1350N and County Route 2800E, on the left when traveling east on County Route ...