Lincoln Trail Monument - Westport, IL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 40.986 W 087° 32.184
16S E 453345 N 4281747
On the banks of the Wabash, just across the river from Vincennes, Indiana, as Lincoln entered Illinois for the first time.
Waymark Code: WMKP9M
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2014
Views: 5
County of statue: Lawrence County
Location of statue: IL 33, W. end Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Westport
Artist: Nellie Verne Walker, 1874-1973, sculptor
Text on monument:
(Center Base- proper right): N. V. Walker, Sc.
(Foundation Base - Front):
In the late winter of 1830 a few weeks after his 21st birthday
Abraham Lincoln passed this way with his father's family
Entering the State of Illinois for the first time
Presented to the State of Illinois by the Illinois Organization
Daughters of the American Revolution, June 14, 1938
(Foundation Base - proper left):
REPOSITORY
1938
1988
(Foundation Base - proper right):
Just below the incised is a plaque which reads:
50th Anniversary
Lovingly Restored for the
People of Illinois
and rededicated by the
Illinois State Organization NSDAR
October 8, 1988 Mrs. Ronald L. Hordhorst
State Regent
Proper Description:
"A full-length standing bronze figure of Lincoln set against a sculptured limestone wall panel. Lincoln holds a stick in his right hand. The wall relief is composed of several rectangular blocks and depicts the profiles of three adults and two children walking with an ox-driven covered wagon. An angel flies above the group looking back at them." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum