Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District County (Vermilion / Edgar Counties) Line Marker - Ridge Farm, IL
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adgorn
N 39° 52.859 W 087° 39.289
16S E 444008 N 4414753
The "border marker" for Vermilion and Edgar Counties along the Eighth Judicial District Circuit route that Lincoln traveled with his fellow lawyers to conduct legal duties.
Waymark Code: WMMCRF
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2014
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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's a great website to learn more about Lincoln, his circuit riding and the monuments to it: (
visit link)
Along a well traveled but peaceful road, just north of Paris, IL
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