SHELTER FOR LINCOLNS
N 37° 46.388 W 086° 27.537
16S E 547648 N 4180781
SHELTER FOR LINCOLNS ON 261 IN HARDINSBURG, KENTUCKY
Waymark Code: WM63DF
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2009
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SHELTER FOR LINCOLNS
In the autumn of 1816 the family of Abraham Lincoln, then 7 years old, migrating to Indiana, rested and recuperated about three weeks in accabin that stood near here. Local residents gave them food. Lincolns route in Kentucky stated near Hodgenville and went through Elizabethtwon, Vine Grove, Harned, here to Cloverport, river ferry. Lincolns travled by ox~cart.
Marker Name: SHELTER FOR LINCOLNS
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 1003
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY... KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
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