Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District Dewitt/Piatt County Line Marker — Monticello, IL
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adgorn
N 40° 05.910 W 088° 41.280
16T E 356116 N 4440055
The "border marker" for DeWitt and Piatt Counties along the Eighth Judicial District Circuit route that Lincoln traveled with his fellow lawyers to conduct legal duties.
Waymark Code: WMCG1T
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2011
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Inscription:
Abraham Lincoln
Traveled this way as he rode
the Circuit of the
Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859
Erected 1922
(by the Lincoln Circuit Marking Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution)
Here' a great website to learn more about Lincoln, his circuit riding and the monuments to it: (
visit link)
Way out in the middle of nowhere. Very quiet location, with beautiful clouds on the day I visited.
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