History and government of Indiana .. . without floor or window or was a loft where the children slept, on a bed of leaves oron the skins of wild animals. While still a boy, Abraham wieldedthe axe, which he continued to wield till he was helped clear the land, plowed, and harvested, and split rails,and tore out the stumps, or ran a ferryboat, and all this outdoor 504 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT exercise gave him a powerful physique. For the few months*schooling which he received he walked to a log schoolhousefour miles from his home. The schoolhouse had a punche
History and government of Indiana .. . without floor or window or was a loft where the children slept, on a bed of leaves oron the skins of wild animals. While still a boy, Abraham wieldedthe axe, which he continued to wield till he was helped clear the land, plowed, and harvested, and split rails,and tore out the stumps, or ran a ferryboat, and all this outdoor 504 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT exercise gave him a powerful physique. For the few months*schooling which he received he walked to a log schoolhousefour miles from his home. The schoolhouse had a puncheonfloor, greased paper for window panes, and rude boards forseats. At night he read by the light of the fireplace such booksas he could find and they were very few—the Bible, AesopsFables, and Weems Life of Washington. Such was theboyhood life of Abraham Lincoln in the backwoods of earlyIndiana. Roads and Transportation. Civilized men cannot live withoutroads by which they can trade with one another. The settlers UNITED STATES MAIL. Four-horse Stage CoachFrom an advertisement in the Indiana Jotirnal, 1832. could carry goods by fiat-boats down the rivers, but they couldnot bring heavy goods to their country communities and inlandtowns by the river routes. Their most pressing business problemwas to build roads and find easier means of communication, sincethey could not live entirely to themselves. The Early Stage Lines. In 1820 there were but few milesof highway in the State. In that year stage coaches were put onthe road from New Albany to Vincennes. In the summer of1828 the first stages were started from Madison to Indianapolis,the lumbering coaches making the trip over the dirt roads infour days. In 1838 a line of stages was started between Logan? HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 505 port and Indianapolis. By 1S40 one couJd reach nearly all partsof the State by coach. The National Road. When Indiana was admitted, theUnited States promised to give 5% of the proceeds from the
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