Log Inn - Haubstadt, IN
N 38° 10.386 W 087° 31.930
16S E 453387 N 4225154
Campaign stop for Abraham Lincoln while on the road for Henry Clay
Waymark Code: WMJD4F
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2013
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This restaurant and former stagecoach line (Noon Day Stagecoach Stop) was a visiting place for Abraham Lincoln. In 1844, while campaigning for Whig party presidential hopeful Henry Clay, Lincoln stopped here on his way home from nearby Evansille, IN. He came here for his stagecoach ride back to Illinios.
According to history, he toured southern Indiana while campaigning for Henry on his way to visit his mother's grave in what is now Lincoln City, IN. The trip that he stopped here at the Log Inn was the only time he visited his mother's grave.
Location Type: Building
Property Type: Public
Date of Event: October 31, 1844
Location Notes:
This historic Noon Day Stagecoach stop is now a very well known restaurant. It is located on Warrenton Rd 1 mile to the east of Hwy 41.
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