This halfway tavern is located in Marion County near the Village of Iuka. It is a replica of the original stagecoach that once rested in this spot. Reportedly, Abraham Lincoln stayed at this small inn one time. If you have trouble replacing the cache to its original hiding spot, please let me know in the log. FTF prize included and clearly marked. The exerpt below was found online, written by a man whose family owned the property before the State of Illinois purchased it and made it a historical landmark.
------------
"My name is David Neff. I was raised in Iuka, Marion County, IL. Iuka is about 10 miles east of Salem, IL, and about a mile south of U. S. Route 50. My parents owned a 104 acre farm on Route 50, about one half mile east of the Iuka exit road. At the east edge of this farm stands a replica of an old stagecoach building on 4 acres.
A few years ago the state of Illinois purchased this 4 acres, and the original stagecoach stand that was there, and made it into a historical site. They demolished the original structure and replaced it with the one that is there now. My Grandfather Charles H. Neff, was the original owner of the" Halfway House" as it was called, and 104 acres. He always claimed that President Lincoln slept there, along with a lot of other stagecoachtravelers."