Lincoln Trail State Park - Illinois, Marshall - State/Provincial Parks on Waymarking.com

Lincoln Trail State Park offers camping, boating, fishing, and other recreational activities. Located in East Central Illinois, along the "Lincoln Trail" (the area is named after the trail Abraham Lincoln's family followed enroute from Indiana to Illinois in 1831).

Park Type: Overnight Activities: picnic, camping, trails, boating, fishing, hunting Park Fees: Fees apply for camping. Unsure if fees are required for day-use Background: Long before Abraham Lincoln passed through the area that is now Lincoln Trail State Park, it was settled by Native Americans. Before the 18th century, the main tribes in the area were the Piankeshaw and Wea, of a Miami group. In the early 1700s, the Kickapoo moved south from Wisconsin, pushing the Piankeshaw and Wea south and east. The Kickapoos remained in control of the land until it was ceded to the United States in two separate treaties. The western boundary of the first cession is known as the Old Indian Boundary Line or the One O’Clock Line. It runs through Clark County, passing through Lincoln Trail State Park near the boat dock and crossing the campground. It is called the One O'Clock Line because it is said that, if you look south from Pilot Grove in Vermilion County, the boundary runs in the direction of the sun at one o'clock in the afternoon. The area west of the original boundary was ceded by the Kickapoo in 1819. The state acquired the first 31 acres of the park in 1936. The park and lake were officially dedicated in 1958. [source: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/About/Pages/LincolnTrail.aspx] Date Established?: 1958 Link to Park: [Web Link] Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed

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