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Quite a breathtaking sunset after the storm rolled through Central Illinois last night...

This time 5 years ago, one of the rail cars was being moved as work was underway on our Lincoln Depot 🙂

It has been many years since a rail car has been seen on Chicago Street and this morning's scene offers a good opportunity to show a little bit from the past :-)

For those of you wondering what I am talking about, Chicago Street was once a thoroughfare for an interurban rail system that operated from the early 1900s to the 1960s. The interesting part is that a train could be seen traveling down the middle of Chicago Street while cars navigated around it. In the inset of this photo, you can see a good example of the sight one could see as the interurban passed though. If you are interested in more information about the interurban rail system through Lincoln and other interesting railroad information, visit this Finding Lincoln Illinois web page: http://findinglincolnillinois.com/railroadpage.html.

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Happy Lincoln Christening Day...167 Years Young!

What do Lincoln, watermelons, and Lincoln have in common? Turns out that it is quite an interesting story...read below to find out :-)

Abraham Lincoln (portrayed by George Rohrer) is handed a large slice of watermelon in preparation for the christening of the town of Lincoln with watermelon juice as part of the Lincoln Centennial christening re-enactment in honor of the original ceremony that took place on August 27th, 1853, 167 years ago. Lincoln, Illinois is the only city named for and christened by Abraham Lincoln before he became famous :-)

The re-enactment took place in Elm Park which was located along the railroad track in the 100 block of S. Chicago Street between Broadway & Pulaski streets (now Neal Tire and Auto Service). Larry Shroyer was on site to capture this amazing event. The main characters in this re-enactment, left to right are James T. Hickey (Abraham Lincoln scholar from Elkhart) as Virgil Hickox, George Rohrer as Abraham Lincoln, John R. Parker as town proprietor John B. Gillett and Bob McCarthy as town proprietor Robert B. Latham.

Today, the christening site is marked by a watermelon sculpture and a Looking for Lincoln wayside on the grounds of the Lincoln Depot (101 N. Chicago St.) commemorating the christening event.

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Photo Credit: Photo from the ExploreLoganCounty.com digital archives courtesy of the Larry B. Shroyer Collection at the Lincoln Public Library.

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Located southwest of Lincoln, Illinois toward Middletown is the site of Lucas Chapel Cemetery. The old chapel bell is all that remains as a marker for the chapel building surrounded by a small cemetery with many of markers dating back to the civil war timeframe. The site of this chapel/cemetery is very close to a town site called Albany, which was surveyed by a young Abraham Lincoln, but never materialized.

As another day closes on , we’re one day closer to the world healing during this difficult time. We can’t wait for when we can see buzzing with travelers from all over the world once again here in Logan County, Illinois 🇺🇸 🙂❤️