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Historical
Markers - Rock Co., WI
Route of Abraham
Lincoln, 1832 and 1859
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Located on Hwy.
51, 3.8 miles south of Janesville
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- Twice in his lifetime is known to
have travelled within sight of the Rock
- River east of this marker.
- Lincoln passed this way July 2,
1832, as a private in a mounted company of
- Illinois militia accompanying forces
under General Henry Atkinson during the Black Hawk War.
- On October 1, 1859, Lincoln again
passed this way after delivering a
- political address in Hanchett's
Hall at the invitation of the Beloit Republican Club. He spoke
the same evening in Janesville and spent the weekend as a guest
in the home of William M. Tallman.
- While following the Prairie Road
between Beloit and Janesville in 1859
- Lincoln pointed out to his companions
the route taken by the army in pursuit of Black Hawk's band.
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- Erected 1960
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ALHN-Rock County, Wisconsin
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