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On February 12, 1809, the future president Abraham
Lincoln was born in Kentucky. He later moved to Indiana and then
Illinois, where he grew up, where he became a lawyer and
politician, from where he departed for his years in Washington, D.
C., and where he is now buried.
We grew up in the Land of Lincoln, where as children we got
every February 12 off of school to celebrate Lincoln’s
birthday (before there was Presidents’ Day), and where as
adults we attended institutions of higher learning in Springfield
and Charleston, both steeped in Lincoln lore and history.
Schools and highways are named after President Lincoln, towns
and cities are named after President Lincoln, and the capital of
Nebraska is Lincoln. The Lincoln lore extends to Wisconsin, where
he served with the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War,
(Link) and
stayed in the Tallman House in Janesville while on a speaking tour
in 1859. (Link) Wisconsin men and
boys fought and died in Mr. Lincoln’s war, Lincoln County is
just north of Wausau, and right here in Adams County there is the
Town of Lincoln.
Adams County is as old as the state of Wisconsin, both being
organized in 1848. The town of Lincoln was also formed in 1848, but
was referred to as Town of Grand Marsh until 1861, when it was
listed as Town of Lincoln, named after the new president. The area
was settled by people (many of whom were Bohemians) who were
looking to tame the land for agriculture. Even today, there are
many large family agribusinesses in the town, with herds of beef
cattle and fields of potatoes, green beans, peas, and sweet corn.
Early family names were Merriman, Hutchinson, McMahon, and Polivka.
Town concerns were the building of Highway G, snow removal, labor
wages, and taxes. (Thank you to Karen Church for providing this
information.)
Until 1992, a Lincoln School was operational on Highway M near
Fourth Avenue. Now students in the town of Lincoln mostly attend
Adams-Friendship or Grand Marsh elementary schools through fifth
grade, then go to middle school and high school in Adams . . .
where in their history classes they study our sixteenth president,
Abraham Lincoln, who was born two hundred year ago.
“Four score and seven years ago”
is how Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address from November 1863
begins. Solve the following puzzle to find the coordinates of this
“Lincoln Logs” geocache.
NORTH:
- Two score and three degrees
- Three score less four (point) six score
times four less two score minutes
WEST:
- Four score and nine degrees
- Two score less three (point) seven score
times five and one score less three minutes
How well did you "score"?
Find out here!
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