FIRST - Clerk, Recorder, and Probate Judge - Carmi, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 05.425 W 088° 09.557
16S E 398341 N 4216481
Old Beaver built it, and founded the town of Carmi.
Waymark Code: WMV9JZ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2017
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County of marker: White County
Location of marker: Ratcliff Inn, 206 E. Main St., Carmi
Marker erected by: The White County Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society
Marker Text:
RATCLIFF INN
This building was erected in 1828 by James Ratcliff. Nicknamed "Old Beaver" because of his energy, he was a founder of Carmi (1816), an Inn-keeper, merchant, and postmaster,
and White County's first clerk, recorder, and probate judge. Abraham Lincoln lodged here in 1840. The Inn was restored in 1960.
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