and the Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) announced that the money is going to Lincoln’s New Salem, the recreation of the log cabin village Abraham Lincoln lived in for six years.

New Salem is a reconstruction of a village where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. The $8 million in funding comes from Rebuild Illinois, a capital plan that addresses state facilities.

Nearly 360,000 people visited New Salem in 2024. As Illinois Department of Transportation crews do roadwork nearby on Illinois 97, Carol Shafer points to the New Salem Saw and Grist Mill ...

Read more: Illinois commits $8M to repair deteriorating site where Lincoln launched political career Lincoln’s New Salem Historic Site in Peterburg, where the 16th president lived in his 20s, was the ...

New Salem Lincoln League Board President Gina Gillmore-Wolter said the facility and the pedestrian overpass bridge are beyond disrepair. “There are boards missing that have fallen down on the ...

PETERSBURG, Ill. (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 ...

At age twenty-two, Lincoln moved to New Salem, Illinois. After only six months in his new town, he announced his plans to run for a seat in the State Legislature. During the April 6- August 27 Black ...