Abraham Lincoln Eighth Judicial District Shelby/Coles Counties Line Marker - Mattoon, IL
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adgorn
N 39° 26.385 W 088° 27.191
16S E 374946 N 4366585
The "border marker" for Coles and Shelby Counties along the Eighth Judicial District Circuit route that Lincoln traveled with his fellow lawyers to conduct legal duties.
Waymark Code: WMJ7QA
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2013
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Inscription:
"Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859
Erected 1922 with logos of the Lincoln Circuit Marking Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution."
Here's a great website to learn more about Lincoln's circuit riding days and the marker series that dot the central Illinois landscape:
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visit link)
Out in the middle of the beautiful Illinois countryside, on a very quiet country road.
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