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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Lincoln Country in Pictures - -Author: Carl Frazier - Rosalie Frazier - -Release Date: December 20, 2017 [EBook #56210] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LINCOLN COUNTRY IN PICTURES *** - - - - -Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - The Isaac Golliher house. - - [Illustration: Split-rail fence.] - - - - - _The_ LINCOLN - COUNTRY - _in Pictures_ - - - By CARL and ROSALIE FRAZIER - - [Illustration: Ox-drawn wagon.] - - HASTINGS HOUSE _Publishers_ New York 22 - - [Illustration: The story of Abraham Lincoln is ever fresh. It appeals - to the imagination and grips the vision of many people in various - ways. Perhaps that is why millions of visitors make pilgrimages to the - humble abodes in which he lived and the places he frequented. - _Photograph Courtesy Chicago Historical Society._] - - [Illustration: “Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. - Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so - great as that of being truly esteemed by my fellow men, rendering - myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying - this ambition, is yet to be developed.” - —_Address to Sangamon County, March 9, 1832._] - - Copyright © 1963, by Carl and Rosalie Frazier - - All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced - without written permission of the publisher. - - Published simultaneously in Canada - by S. J. Reginald Saunders, Publishers, Toronto 2B - - Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-19173 - - _Printed in the United States of America_ - - - - - FOREWORD - - -We know it is no longer possible to add anything new to the written word -about Lincoln. The hundreds of historians who have attempted to write -the life of the Great Emancipator have covered every facet of it. -Therefore, we have chosen to present our story of a by-gone day in a -series of camera impressions, hoping to arouse in our readers an -emotional sense of “present being.” - -We have done this for two reasons: first, because Lincoln’s early -frontier has achieved a factual and imaginative rebirth through loving -care and painstaking efforts after having fallen into ruin for many -years. Secondly, we believe as many historians do, that America owes -much of the credit for its national character and institutions to the -atmosphere of the early frontier. It was the appreciation of the role it -played on the character of Lincoln that brought about the restoration of -New Salem, Illinois, and those objects which were so closely associated -with him. These objects are of special interest because it was among -them that he moved slowly forward through a cycle of failures and -successes before reaching the high place which destiny had reserved for -him. No man in American history has started with so little and achieved -so much. - -With a certain temerity then, we present our pictorial history of the -environment in which Lincoln spent the most formative years of his life. -It was from this frontier atmosphere and these frontier people that -Lincoln acquired his uncanny understanding of how common folk think and -the wisdom that enabled him to hold in his hands the ties that bound a -people and made a nation. - - - - - _A Brief Chronology of Abraham Lincoln_ - - - Feb. 12, 1809 Born on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. - 1811 to 1816 The family, which included Abe’s sister, Sarah, lived - on Knob Creek near Hodgenville, Kentucky. - Nov. 1816 The family moved to Pigeon Creek in Indiana. - Oct. 5, 1818 Abe’s mother died of “milk sickness.” - Dec. 2, 1819 Thomas Lincoln married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow - with three children, from Elizabethtown, Kentucky. - Jan. 20, 1828 Sister Sarah died. - Mar. 1830 The Lincoln family moved from Indiana to Illinois. - Apr. 19, 1831 Offut’s flatboat piloted by Lincoln got stuck on the - dam at New Salem, Illinois. - Mar. 9, 1832 Announced candidacy for the Illinois Legislature. - May 8, 1832 Mustered into U.S. Army for service in Black Hawk War. - July 16, 1832 Mustered out of military service. - Aug. 6, 1832 Defeated for the Legislature. - May 7, 1833 Appointed postmaster at New Salem, Illinois. - Aug. 4, 1834 Elected to the Legislature. - Mar. 24, 1836 Sworn in as a lawyer of the Circuit Court of Sangamon - County. - Aug. 1, 1836 Reelected to the Legislature for a second term. - Sept. 9, 1836 Licensed to practice law. - Mar. 1, 1837 Admitted to the bar in Illinois. - Mar. 15, 1837 Moved from New Salem to Springfield, Illinois. - Aug. 1, 1838 Reelected to the Legislature for a third term. - Dec. 3, 1839 Admitted to practice law in the Circuit Court of the - United States. - Aug. 1, 1840 Reelected to the Legislature for a fourth term. - Nov. 4, 1842 Married Mary Todd of Lexington, Kentucky. - Aug. 1, 1843 First child, Robert Todd Lincoln, was born. - Jan. 7, 1844 Bought home in Springfield. - Mar. 10, 1846 Second child, Edward Baker Lincoln, was born. - Aug. 3, 1846 Elected to Congress. - Dec. 6, 1847 Took seat in Congress. - Mar. 7, 1849 Admitted to practice law before United States Supreme - Court. - Feb. 1, 1850 Second child, Edward Baker Lincoln, died. - Dec. 21, 1850 Third child, William Wallace Lincoln, was born. - Jan. 17, 1851 Lincoln’s father, Thomas, died. - Apr. 4, 1853 Fourth child, Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, was born. - June 16, 1858 Delivered “house divided” speech at Springfield. - Aug. 21, 1858 First debate, with Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, - Illinois. - Aug. 27, 1858 Second debate, at Freeport, Illinois. - Sept. 15, 1858 Third debate, at Jonesboro, Illinois. - Sept. 18, 1858 Fourth debate, at Charleston, Illinois. - Oct. 7, 1858 Fifth debate, at Galesburg, Illinois. - Oct. 13, 1858 Sixth debate, at Quincy, Illinois. - Oct. 15, 1858 Seventh and last debate, at Alton, Illinois. - Nov. 2, 1858 Defeated by Douglas for the United States Senate. - Nov. 5, 1858 First mentioned in press for President. - May 18, 1860 Nominated for the Presidency. - Nov. 6, 1860 Elected President. - Jan. 31, 1861 Visited for the last time with his stepmother. - Mar. 4, 1861 Inaugurated as President. - Nov. 8, 1864 Reelected as President. - Mar. 4, 1865 Reinaugurated as President. - Apr. 14, 1865 Shot by Booth. - Apr. 15, 1865 Died in Washington. - May 4, 1865 Buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. - - [Illustration: It was from the faithful Sinking Spring, near - Hodgenville, Kentucky, that the farm of Lincoln’s nativity got its - name.] - - [Illustration: The branches of the Boundary Oak, a landmark for early - frontiersmen, still shelter the hallowed birthplace of the man who - went to school for perhaps a year, split rails in frontier clearings, - traveled the Eighth Circuit as a lawyer, became President of the - United States, freed the slaves, spoke the First and Second Inaugurals - and the Gettysburg Address.] - - [Illustration: On February 12, 1809, a blizzard raged at Sinking - Spring Farm, near Hodgenville, Kentucky. The wind howled down the - chimney and through the cracks of the humble log cabin in which - Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. The proud - parents named the boy Abraham after his grandfather.] - - [Illustration: When Abe was two years old, his father moved the family - to Knob Creek Farm where they lived until Abe was seven. The cabin lay - nestled in a valley surrounded by rolling hills and deep gorges. Here - Abe played with his friend, Austin Gollaher, gathered firewood from - the forest, wild berries from the vales, and for a short time attended - Mrs. Hodgen’s “blab” school. Thomas Lincoln decided to move his family - across the Ohio River to live on Pigeon Creek in Indiana where the - soil was richer and there were no slaves.] - - [Illustration: The Lincoln’s erected a new log cabin on Pigeon Creek - in Indiana. For the next fourteen years they struggled with the almost - impossible odds of a bitter and treacherous wilderness. It was here - that Abe’s mother died, and he helped his father lay her to rest in - the forest.] - - [Illustration: In the little Log Schoolhouse near Pigeon Creek, in - Indiana, Abe managed to get a few scattered weeks of sporadic - schooling in readin’ writin’ and cipherin’ to the rule of three.] - - [Illustration: Abe did his homework by the light of the smouldering - fireplace. He would scrape his charcoal cipherin’ from wooden boards - so as to use them over and over again.] - - [Illustration: The Lincoln family often attended services in the - little Baptist Church that Abe helped his father to build, near Pigeon - Creek, in Indiana.] - - [Illustration: This was the home of Josiah Crawford, a neighboring - farmer, where Abe alternated working and learning. Mr. Crawford had - several books which he lent Abe. When plowing, Abe read at the end of - each furrow while he stopped to allow his horse to “breathe.”] - - [Illustration: In Gentryville, not far from Pigeon Creek, Mr. Gentry, - a farmer and storekeeper lived in this two-story log mansion. At - times, when his father didn’t need his help, Abe worked in Mr. - Gentry’s store and on the farm. He helped Allen, Mr. Gentry’s son, - build a flatboat, load it with store produce and float it down the - Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans.] - - [Illustration: It was early spring of 1830 when the Lincoln’s made the - long dismal journey from Indiana to the promising prairies of - Illinois. Their stout wagons were piled high with rough-hewn - furniture, feather beds, personal belongings, iron pots and pans. - There were plows for breaking the “prairie’s sleeping sod” and tools - for building a new log cabin.] - - [Illustration: This rustic abode was the last home of Thomas and Sarah - Lincoln. Abe, who was now past twenty-one, had left his parents to - seek his fortune on the bustling Illinois frontier.] - - [Illustration: Timber lined the river’s banks and crowned the rolling - hills.] - - [Illustration: Historical marker.] - - - NEW SALEM - -In the fall of 1828, James Rutledge and John Camron erected homes on -this hill. The following year they built a grist and sawmill on the -Sangamon River just below the hill, laid out the town of New Salem and -began to sell lots. The mill became so popular that the town grew -rapidly and flourished for several years although it never included more -than one hundred inhabitants. With the founding and growth of -Petersburg, two miles to the north and more accessibly located, its -decline began. When the seat of the new County of Menard was located at -Petersburg in 1839, New Salem quickly passed out of existence. - -Abraham Lincoln resided at New Salem from the summer of 1831 until the -spring of 1837, supporting himself successively as clerk and mill hand, -soldier in the Black Hawk War, storekeeper, postmaster and deputy -surveyor. In 1832 he entered politics. Although defeated in his first -campaign for the Legislature, he was elected a member of the House of -Representatives in 1834 and again in 1836. Throughout his residence at -New Salem, Lincoln strove to perfect his education, studying grammar, -mathematics, and finally law. Upon his admission to the bar in March -1837, he sought greater opportunities than New Salem offered, and so -removed to Springfield. - - [Illustration: It was on a pleasant April day that the flat-bottomed - boat, loaded with barrel pork, corn and live pigs, and piloted by - young Abe Lincoln, rounded a bend in the Sangamon River and came to - rest on top of the miller’s dam that stretched out across the river. - The bow of the boat was raised high into the air. The squeals of the - frightened pigs brought the citizens of New Salem hurrying down the - bluff to the river bank. - - This was Lincoln’s introduction to the people of New Salem. Denton - Offut, a swaggering, boastful, hard-drinking frontiersman, was owner - of the boat. He became so impressed with the thriving little village - that he decided to return after the voyage to New Orleans, and open a - store with Lincoln as his clerk. The new store was opened the - following September.] - - [Illustration: Lincoln helped fell the trees from which Offut’s - one-room log store was erected. It stands on the bluff that leads down - to the grist mill and the river bank. It was the usual type of - frontier store, stocked with produce from the prairie farms or objects - made at home. - - It was while working for Offut that Lincoln decided to improve his - education. In fair weather, when there were no customers about, - Lincoln could be seen lounging on the porch studying or talking with - friends about slavery, crops, politics, cockfighting, horse racing or - just telling stories to listening loafers.] - - [Illustration: At the top of the bluff, among the tall oak trees, - stood the cabin of Rowen Herndon. Lincoln boarded here because it was - near the store.] - - [Illustration: Bill Cleary’s saloon stood a short distance down the - bluff from Offut’s store. It was the hangout for Jack Armstrong, who - challenged Lincoln to a wrestling match. Even though the match ended - in a draw, it gave Lincoln the reputation for courage and strength - that convinced his associates that he “belonged.”] - - [Illustration: New Salem was a trading post for the farmers who - cultivated farms on the surrounding prairies. On Main Street there was - a cobbler, a hatter, a cooper, a blacksmith and wagon builder, a - wheelwright and several merchants. - - These tradesmen had come to New Salem to help fill the needs felt by - everyone. At the height of its prosperity, New Salem had a population - of a hundred citizens and some twenty-five or thirty buildings.] - - [Illustration: The buildings were made of logs, notched together at - the corners and chinked with native clay.] - - [Illustration: Roofs were pitched and covered with clapboard shingles - called “shakes.”] - - [Illustration: Better homes in New Salem had chimneys made of stone.] - - [Illustration: Most homes had “cat and clay” chimneys, made of logs - and chinked with native clay. On cold windy days members of the - household were kept busy running outside to see whether or not the - chimney had caught fire.] - - [Illustration: New Salem homes had window panes made of glass.] - - [Illustration: Windows were usually near the fireplace where family - activity was carried on.] - - [Illustration: Over an open fire, in iron pots, frying pans and - skillets, housewives cooked venison stew, roasted pork and wild game, - fried mush, baked corn bread and corn dodgers to a golden brown and - often hard enough “to split a board or fell a deer at forty feet.”] - - [Illustration: Sturdy trestle tables served the pioneer family well.] - - [Illustration: Pioneer women were especially proud of their chinaware.] - - [Illustration: A Seth Thomas clock adorned the mantles of those who - were able to afford a touch of elegance.] - - [Illustration: Housewives spun the wool from which they made garments - often stiff and too large, but suitable as garments to protect the - family from the elements.] - - [Illustration: Beds were dressed with home-woven coverlets.] - - [Illustration: Babies came in annual crops.] - - [Illustration: Of the humble one-room log house the cooper’s son - wrote: “At meal time it was all kitchen. On rainy days, when neighbors - came to relate their exploits, how many deer and wild turkey they had - killed, it was all sitting room. On Sunday, when the young men all - dressed up in their jeans, and the young ladies, in their best bow - dresses, it was all parlor. At night it was all bedroom.”] - - [Illustration: Outside, wood stacked high during the summer, dwindled - rapidly as the winter passed.] - - [Illustration: From the ash hoppers, found in every backyard, lye was - leeched for use in making soap.] - - [Illustration: Wells with windlass ropes and wooden buckets supplied - the household with needed water.] - - [Illustration: Rain barrels caught the “soft” water that dripped from - the eaves. This water was used for the family washing.] - - [Illustration: Samuel Hill, New Salem’s most prosperous businessman, - owned the only four-room, two-story house in the village.] - - [Illustration: The opulence reflected in the Hill residence was not - common to the homes of New Salem.] - - [Illustration: Samuel Hill was also owner of the woolhouse and carding - machine. In spring, during wool shearing time, farmers brought their - wool to the warehouse in sacks, old bed quilts and petticoats, pinned - with thorns from the honey locust.] - - [Illustration: The carding machine in action was New Salem’s most - dramatic attraction. From dawn until darkness the weary treading of - oxen hoofs on the cleated treadmill powered the squeaking, moaning, - wooden gears of the carding machine.] - - [Illustration: Samuel Hill and John McNeal owned the most successful - store in New Salem. It was the center of village life. Under its - protective porch people gathered to argue the questions of temperance, - travel and human slavery.] - - [Illustration: Doctor John Allen lived across the road from the - Hill-McNeal store. Unconvinced of the virtue of quinine for treating - malaria fever, the doctor kept to such old remedies as Peruvian bark, - jalop, calomel and boneset tea.] - - [Illustration: Peter Lukin, the cobbler, lived next door to Doctor - Allen. The cobbler shop was in the small lean-to. As winter approached - the cobbler converted piles of animal hides into shoes for the - community.] - - [Illustration: Residence and office of Doctor Francis Regnier, Allen’s - capable colleague, who purged, bled, blistered, puked, and salivated - his patients.] - - [Illustration: The Doctor’s medical laboratory and reference library.] - - [Illustration: This was the home and workshop of Martin Waddell, the - village hatter. He made hats from opossum, raccoon and rabbit skins. A - rabbitskin hat cost fifty cents. A hat made from an opossum or raccoon - skin, with the tail hanging down in the back, cost two dollars.] - - [Illustration: In this kettle Waddell prepared the skins from which he - made the hats.] - - [Illustration: Residence of Isaac Burner. Very little is known about - the Burner family.] - - [Illustration: A familiar sight on Main Street, New Salem.] - - [Illustration: In the small lean-to in the rear of his cabin, Robert - Johnson, the wheelwright and cabinetmaker, painstakingly made spinning - wheels, wagon wheels, looms, and sturdy furniture for the community.] - - [Illustration: Residence of Isaac Golliher, who had the only root - cellar in the village.] - - [Illustration: For three years Lincoln was postmaster at New Salem. In - this position he became well-acquainted with people for miles around. - It was here he began his lifelong habit of reading newspapers, through - which, in part, he learned to interpret public opinion. To supplement - his earnings as postmaster he did odd jobs, such as clerking in Hill’s - store, helping out at the mill or splitting rails.] - - [Illustration: This was the home of Alexander Trent. When Lincoln - became postmaster he was required to furnish bond of five hundred - dollars. Alexander Trent was one of his bondsmen.] - - [Illustration: Henry Onstat’s cabin and the cooperage where he made - barrels so much in demand by the community of New Salem.] - - [Illustration: The cooperage was a busy place. There was always a - great pile of shavings in the fireplace. Lincoln often came to the - cooperage at night and by the glow of the burning shavings he studied - mathematics, literature and law.] - - [Illustration: Across the road from the cooperage stood the double - cabin of Jack Kelso, philosopher and fisherman, and his - brother-in-law, Joshua Miller, the powerful village blacksmith.] - - [Illustration: Lincoln was a frequent visitor to the Kelso cabin; he - and Jack often sat around the table and by the cheerful glow of the - fireplace, read and discussed Shakespeare, Blackstone and Burns. It - was Jack Kelso who introduced Lincoln to the classics of literature.] - - [Illustration: Joshua Miller’s blacksmith shop was the busiest place - in town. The ring of his anvil was heard from morning until night - throughout the village as he shaped metal into oxen shoes, horseshoes - and farm implements.] - - [Illustration: Lincoln, seeking an occupation that would afford him a - better living than odd jobs, considered becoming a blacksmith. For a - time his strong arms grappled with the chore, but he preferred lighter - work which allowed him more time for studying. He also had thoughts of - becoming a merchant.] - - [Illustration: The limbs of the great oak tree still cast their - shadows across the Lincoln-Berry store. In fair weather, when - housewives were busy and sales were restricted to an occasional pound - of sugar or a piece of beeswax, Lincoln, barefoot, lay stretched out - under the oak tree, lost in a book.] - - [Illustration: The Rutledge Tavern, where Lincoln courted Ann - Rutledge, stood across the road from the Lincoln-Berry store. While - waiting on a customer, or studying under the oak tree, he often paused - to watch her as she moved about the yard of the tavern.] - - [Illustration: A burning candle in the tavern window welcomed whatever - wayfarer might be seeking food and lodging.] - - [Illustration: The tavern was a pleasant and comfortable place. Every - day brought new guests to the dining room. For a time Lincoln lived at - the tavern; his wit and tall tales often made him the center of - interest.] - - [Illustration: While residing at the tavern, Lincoln climbed the rungs - of a well-worn ladder to the loft, where he shared a bed with E. Y. - Ellis, who says that Lincoln’s wit and stories often kept the other - male guests in an uproar until late at night.] - - [Illustration: The west room of the tavern accommodated the Rutledge - family and now and then an overnight lady guest.] - - [Illustration: On Sunday evenings the Rutledge family and friends - gathered before the fireplace to listen to a sermon and to sing hymns. - Lincoln stood near Ann and turned the pages of her _Missouri Harmony - Song Book_.] - - [Illustration: The betrothal of Ann Rutledge and Lincoln ended with - her untimely death. Ann’s brother said: “The effect upon Mr. Lincoln’s - mind was terrible. He became plunged in despair, and many of his - friends feared reason would desert her throne. His extraordinary - emotions were regarded as strong evidence of the existence of the - tenderest relations between himself and the deceased.”] - - [Illustration: Lincoln, the ardent student, could be found pursuing - his studies in the most unusual places. Squire Godbey, seeing him - stretched out on a pile of wood, inquired: “What are you reading Abe?” - Lincoln replied: “I am not reading. I am studying Law.” “Law? Good God - A’mighty!” exclaimed the surprised squire as he walked away.] - - [Illustration: The little subscription schoolhouse stands a half mile - south of the village near Purkapile “crick.” Schoolmaster Mentor - Graham was a constant stimulus to Lincoln and always ready to help and - encourage him. After the day’s routine had ended Lincoln often came to - the school so that the master might evaluate his progress.] - - [Illustration: In 1834, Lincoln’s quest for knowledge and esteem was - rewarded. The citizens of Sangamon County sent the novice lawmaker to - the State Capitol at Vandalia, to take his seat in the Ninth General - Assembly of the Legislature of Illinois.] - - [Illustration: In the Assembly, Lincoln said little, but observed - closely and learned much. He was among men of affairs, education and - political experience. He became floor leader of the Whigs and an - esteemed member of a political group known as the “Long Nine” who were - successful in having the State Capitol moved from Vandalia to - Springfield.] - - [Illustration: In March of 1837, after having been admitted to the bar - in Illinois, Lincoln moved from New Salem to Springfield. For the next - twenty-five years the first State Capitol Building in Springfield - became the center of his many activities.] - - [Illustration: The Postville Courthouse was on the “Old Eighth - Circuit.” In Lincoln’s day judges and lawyers rode horseback from one - county courthouse to another, so as to make a living by representing - the litigants in the suits to be heard. This was known as “riding the - circuit.”] - - [Illustration: The Mount Pulaski Courthouse hasn’t changed much since - Lincoln practiced law here more than a hundred years ago.] - - [Illustration: In the court and jury room Lincoln argued cases before - such distinguished judges as David Davis, who became a Justice of the - United States Supreme Court.] - - [Illustration: During those inevitable moments of disturbance when the - courtroom became unruly, Judge Davis would sound this gavel calling - for order in the court.] - - [Illustration: The Metamora Courthouse, dating from 1845, retains the - atmosphere of those rugged days when Lincoln and his colleagues came - here to plead for justice before the bar.] - - [Illustration: At Metamora, Lincoln sat at this table. The “skirt” was - cut away to accommodate his long legs.] - - [Illustration: The well-worn courthouse doorstep is evidence of one - court room visitor’s observations: “Court week is a general holiday. - Not only suitors, jurors and witnesses, but all who can spare the time - brush up their coats and brush down their horses to go to court.”] - - [Illustration: An atmosphere of exultation pervaded the Metamora - courtroom when Lincoln was present. He was the most popular of all the - barristers who traveled the Eighth Circuit.] - - [Illustration: The Old Cass County Courthouse in Beadstown, Illinois, - was the scene of the “Duff” Armstrong murder trial in which Lincoln - defended the son of “Aunt Hanna” Armstrong, who had befriended him - when he lived in New Salem. During the trial Lincoln proved, by - referring to an almanac, that the moon was not shining brightly at the - time of the murder. It is said that tears stood in Lincoln’s eyes as - he pleaded for the boy’s life and that the hardened pioneer jurymen - wept with him. Young Armstrong was acquitted.] - - [Illustration: The courtroom.] - - [Illustration: On the evening of July 29, 1858, Lincoln, Republican - Candidate for the United States Senate and the incumbent Democratic - Senator, Stephen A. Douglas, were guests at the Bryant Home. It was - here that the two politicians agreed to their seven debates.] - - [Illustration: Lincoln occupied the chair below during the evening’s - discussion.] - - [Illustration: On this table Douglas wrote a letter to Lincoln - confirming the schedule for seven debates.] - - [Illustration: This memorial to the Lincoln-Douglas debates, at - Quincy, Illinois, stands as a symbol of Lincoln’s moral and spiritual - convictions. They enabled him to match wits with Stephen A. Douglas, - who was blind to the evils of slavery and deaf and dumb to those who - expressed a desire to abolish it.] - - [Illustration: Lincoln had crossed the threshold of his greatest - ambition when he and his family became frequent visitors to the - Governor’s Mansion, where they mingled with the elite both politically - and socially. Lincoln’s name had been mentioned in the press as a - possible candidate for the Presidency.] - - [Illustration: “The Rail Splitter.” Lincoln acquired this nickname - during the 1860 convention in Chicago, where he became known as “The - Rail Splitter” candidate for President of the United States.] - - [Illustration: It was to this house, Lincoln’s Springfield residence, - that the appointed committee came on May 19, 1860 to notify “The Rail - Splitter” candidate of his nomination for the Presidency.] - - [Illustration: One of the committeemen rang the front doorbell, which - has announced visitors to the Lincoln house for more than a hundred - years.] - - [Illustration: “The Rail Splitter” himself opened the front door and - welcomed the committee into the entrance hall, where both the humble - and the great had always been welcome visitors.] - - [Illustration: It was in the north parlor that the committee - spokesman, George Ashmun, delivered to Lincoln the letter which - confirmed his nomination, a copy of the Republican platform and a - short congratulatory speech. “The Rail Splitter” candidate stood tall - and dignified, a grave expression on his rugged countenance.] - - [Illustration: The committee was introduced to Mrs. Lincoln in the - south parlor, where she served refreshments and water. Later “The Rail - Splitter” opined that the water seemed a sufficient stimulant.] - - [Illustration: Mr. Lincoln’s favorite rocker.] - - [Illustration: Mrs. Lincoln’s sewing rocker.] - - [Illustration: When Mrs. Lincoln was entertaining friends, “Honest - Abe” often retired to the kitchen where he stretched out on the floor - to read a book or newspaper.] - - [Illustration: It was a cold January day when Lincoln journeyed from - Springfield to this quaint little house near Charleston, Illinois, to - visit for the last time with his beloved stepmother, before leaving - for Washington and his inauguration.] - - [Illustration: While sitting before the glowing fireplace, Lincoln and - his stepmother must have reminisced about those formidable days in the - forests of Indiana and the first few years on the prairies of - Illinois.] - - [Illustration: “How slowly, and yet by happily prepared steps, he came - to his place,” said Emerson. This statue is in Chicago’s Lincoln Park.] - - [Illustration: At the dedication of the memorial and tomb to the Great - Emancipator in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, Governor - Richard Oglesby spoke these words: “And now under the gracious favor - of Almighty God, I dedicate this monument to the memory of the obscure - boy, the honest man, the illustrious statesman, the great liberator, - and the martyr President Abraham Lincoln, and to the keeping of Time.”] - - - - - The LINCOLN COUNTRY: - IN PICTURES - _by Carl and Rosalie Frazier_ - - -Perhaps no man in American history has been viewed with such respect and -reverence by the American people as has Abraham Lincoln. School children -and scholars alike have been moved by the humanity of his deeply lined -face, have marveled at his rise from poverty to the Presidency, have -sorrowed anew at the tragedy of his death, have read his words and been -unable to erase them from their memory. If there is one historic person -most of us would like to know, it is Abraham Lincoln. - -Here—in these pages which recreate the world Lincoln knew as a child and -a young man—the reader can come close to Lincoln. In these fine -photographs, which carefully depict the familiar, everyday scenes of -young Abe’s manhood, he can see Lincoln’s world as Lincoln saw it. As -the authors say: “It was from this frontier atmosphere and these -frontier people that Lincoln acquired his uncanny understanding of how -common folk think and the wisdom that enabled him to hold in his hands -the ties that bound a people and made a nation.” - -It is this atmosphere that the authors have captured in over 100 -photographs, and it is the rhythm of frontier life that they have caught -in the factual simplicity of the text. Here is the farm in Kentucky -where Lincoln was born; here are reconstructed the smithy, the tavern, -the houses of New Salem, Illinois where Lincoln was a clerk, where he -studied law, where he was elected to the state legislature. Here is the -Springfield that Lincoln knew when he was first elected to Congress, the -town where his sons were born, where in 1860 he learned that he was a -candidate for the Presidency. This is Lincoln’s country. As the reader -follows Lincoln through the pages of this book, he will feel suddenly -close to the man who left such an indelible imprint on the history of -this nation—and upon its people. - - -CARL and ROSALIE FRAZIER live in Chicago, Illinois where they pursue -their professions as artists and photographers. Their knowledge of -Abraham Lincoln comes from their considerable and extensive research -into Lincoln’s life and their many pilgrimages to those places where he -lived in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. - -The Fraziers became interested in trying to capture through the lenses -of their cameras that certain something which attracts visitors by the -thousands to the Lincoln shrines every year. They hope this picture book -will preserve, or at least refresh the memories of these observant -visitors, and bring to those who may never have this opportunity a -better mental picture of this benevolent man’s environment. - - - HASTINGS HOUSE PUBLISHERS - _New York 22_ - - [Illustration: The Rutledge Tavern where Abraham Lincoln often stayed. - The well-worn ladder leads to his bed in the loft.] - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes - - ---Copyright notice provided as in the original—this e-text is public - domain in the country of publication. - ---Silently corrected palpable typos; left non-standard spellings and - dialect unchanged. - ---Moved some captions closer to the corresponding pictures. - ---In the text versions, delimited italicized text by _underscores_. - - - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Lincoln Country in Pictures, by -Carl Frazier and Rosalie Frazier - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LINCOLN COUNTRY IN PICTURES *** - -***** This file should be named 56210-0.txt or 56210-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/6/2/1/56210/ - -Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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