SANDRIDGE: Lincoln’s Home Away from Home during the New Salem Years By Guy Fraker The seminal role of New Salem in Abraham Lincoln’s maturation and development is well known. The concurrent influence of the nearby Sandridge area and its people...
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SANDRIDGE: Lincoln’s Home Away from Home during the New Salem Years
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Spotlight on: New Salem by Guy Fraker and Mark Pohlad When Lincoln Walked the Streets of New Salem By Guy Fraker The itinerant Abraham Lincoln arrived in New Salem 1831, settling there until 1837. During this period, he spent considerable...