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United States Land Office IL65 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
A United States Land Office was located at this site in 1820 and operated until 1855. Settlers from as far as Chicago came here to file on homesteads. Young Abraham Lincoln passing through Palestine in 1830 with his family in emigrant wagons noticed a crowd before this land office.
Erected by Illinois State Historical Society, 1950.
Main St. & Market St., Palestine, Crawford County Illinois
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