On an overcast winter's day, an old and weathered split rail fence is a notable feature of New Salem, now a reconstructed historical village that was once home to Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. He moved to the small central Illinois settlement in 1831 at the age of 22. Splitting wooden logs into rails for making zigzagging fences was one of the young man's many jobs while living in New Salem for six years. After becoming a lawyer and a politician, Lincoln was known as The Railsplitter when he ran for the American presidency in 1860.
On an overcast winter's day, an old and weathered split rail fence is a notable feature of New Salem, now a reconstructed historical village that was once home to Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. He moved to the small central Illinois settlement in 1831 at the age of 22. Splitting wooden logs into rails for making zigzagging fences was one of the young man's many jobs while living in New Salem for six years. After becoming a lawyer and a politician, Lincoln was known as The Railsplitter when he ran for the American presidency in 1860.
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Location: Lincoln's New Salem, near Petersburg, Menard County, in central Illinois, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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