Abraham Lincoln

We are VERY slowly following Abraham Lincoln’s path.  Back in 2011 we visited his birthplace in Kentucky. In 2013 we visited Gettysburg. We’ve been to Washington DC and saw Lincoln’s Memorial years ago and I revisited in 2015. We haven’t visited Springfield Illinois yet. But now we’ve seen Lincoln City, Indiana where Lincoln lived from age 7 to 21.

Lincoln State Park had the campgrounds and several miles of hikes. Lincoln’s older sister was buried here.  The Lincoln penny was frequently used by visitors as a remembrance on Lincoln graves.

Not related to Lincoln is the Moon Tree. The seed for this tree flew on Apollo 14. We saw a similar one in Florida.

Across the street from the state park was the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, our 130th national park.

Lincoln’s mother’s grave is here.

Lots of split rail fences…

The coolest part to me was the bronzed cabin remains of his cabin home. The story is that the remains of the cabin were shipped to Germany (ironically during Hitler’s time but before WWII). They made a casting from the wood and some stones to make these bronze castings. The fireplace is a German versus of a fireplace, not what the Lincoln family would have. But hey, it’s cool looking!