Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, in Menard County, Illinois, a reconstruction of the former village of New Salem, where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. While in his 20s ...

It's complicated Lincoln lived and worked in New Salem, about three miles from ... stores and tradesmen's shops. The historic site and campground remain open seven days a week.

picnic areas and playground equipment in addition to the historic site, attracted about 360,000 visitors in 2024. On a recent tour for The State Journal-Register, members of the New Salem Lincoln ...

Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, located about 20 miles northwest of Springfield in the town of Petersburg, is a beautifully recreated 1830’s village of where Abraham Lincoln spent his ...

While New Salem was essentially abandoned in the years after Lincoln departed for Springfield and then Washington, D.C., it was reconstructed during the 1930s as a historic site that last year ...

Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem ... historic site in the state ...

Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site is a replica of the hamlet where Lincoln lived for six years during his early adulthood, and where he won his first elective office — though only after ...

(WAND) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Capital Development Board announced $8 million for improvements to Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site in Menard County.

Wayne Rosenthal (R-Morrisonville) hope to pass several plans this spring to save the Lincoln's New Salem state historic site. The local lawmakers are calling for a New Salem preservation ...