Old Steel Wheel - Palestine, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 00.014 W 087° 36.690
16S E 447049 N 4316980
Where a famous tavern once stood now a lazy wheel leans against the wall.
Waymark Code: WMVVXH
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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County of wheel: Crawford County
Location of wheel: 309 S. Lincoln St., Palestine
Marker Erected by: The Citizens of Palestine and The Illinois State Historical Society
Date Marker Erected: 1962

Old steel wheel leaning against the wall, and a chair to keep it company. In the older part of a very old town. Palestine, Texas was actually named after this town, and was a hangout for a very young Abraham Lincoln.

Illinois State Marker on site, it's Text:

DUBOIS TAVERN
Here stood the DuBois Tavern. Jesse K. DuBois, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an official in the United States Land Office in Palestine from 1841-1842 and from 1849-1853 and later became the Auditor of Public Accounts for Illinois. His son, Fred T. DuBois, became a Senator from Idaho.

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