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2. Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial - Wikipedia

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   A tablet marking Lincoln's First Home in Illinois. The abandoned Lincoln cabin remained on the site and was re-used as a school house and a farm building. [4] It was ignored until 1865 when it was dismantled and shipped for public viewing to Chicago; Boston Common; and finally the private museum in New York City operated by showman P.T. Barnum.

3. Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is an 86-acre (0.3 km 2) history park located eight miles (13 km) south of Charleston, Illinois, U.S., near the town of Lerna. The centerpiece is a replica of the log cabin built and occupied by Thomas Lincoln, father of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

4. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public ...

5. Boone County Museum of History - Wikipedia

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   By 1976, the entire two-story cabin had been restored and completely enclosed by an extension of the museum's building. Today the first floor of the farmhouse helps demonstrate the tools and artifacts of 1840s pioneer life in Northern Illinois while the second story helps to familiarize young children with concepts of the family farm. [10]

6. Woodford County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Construction of the cabins was primitive, with the floor plan generally involving a single room heated with a fireplace. Meat was frequently roasted on a spit; cornbread was generally baked on the fireplace coals. A common staple of pioneer life was waffles, baked from batter in a folding iron mold three or four feet long. Modern canning ...

7. Millions of dollars in construction planned for this major ...

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   Pioneer Parkway, first built by the Illinois Department of Transportation in 1984, will undergo multiple projects in 2024. Millions of dollars in construction planned for this major Peoria road ...

8. Kinmundy, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   The Kinmundy Log Cabin Village is a collection of twelve original pioneer homes [10] rescued in the 1960s from the surrounding local region and reassembled in a wooded area on the edge of the town. All of the cabins pre-date the American Civil War, with the oldest originally constructed in 1818.

9. Easley Pioneer Museum - Wikipedia

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   One building of the museum complex is the restored former Freeman School #179 - a one-room schoolhouse in Fulton County, Illinois. The museum houses what is believed to be the original log cabin school of John Easley, the father of Ipava. The largest collection of the museum relates to the World War II Army camp, Camp Ellis, which was located ...