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1860 photo taken 4 days after Mr.
Lincoln visited Lincoln, Illinois, for the last time. Info at 3 below.
This President
grew;
His town does too.
Link to Lincoln:
Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership
Site Map
Testimonials
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of Lincoln, IL
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1.
Abraham Lincoln and the Historic Postville
Courthouse,
including a William Maxwell connection to the Postville Courthouse
2.
About Henry Ford and the Postville Courthouse,
the Story of the Postville Courthouse Replica,
Tantivy, & the Postville Park
Neighborhood in the
Route 66 Era
3.
The Rise of Abraham Lincoln and His History and
Heritage in His First Namesake Town,
also the founding of Lincoln College, the plot to steal Lincoln's
body, and memories of Lincoln College and the Rustic Tavern-Inn
4.
Introduction to the Social & Economic History of
Lincoln, Illinois,
including poetry by William Childress & commentary by Federal Judge
Bob Goebel & Illinois Appellate Court Judge Jim Knecht
5.
"Social Consciousness in William Maxwell's
Writings Based on Lincoln, Illinois" (an article published in the
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, winter 2005-06)
5.a.
Peeking Behind the Wizard's Screen: William
Maxwell's Literary Art as Revealed by a Study of the Black Characters in
Billie Dyer and Other Stories
6.
Introduction to the Railroad & Route 66 Heritage
of Lincoln, Illinois
7.
The Living Railroad Heritage of Lincoln, Illinois:
on Track as a Symbol of the "Usable Past"
8.
Route 66 Overview Map of Lincoln with 42 Sites,
Descriptions, & Photos
9.
The Hensons of Business Route 66
10.
The Wilsons of Business
Route 66, including the Wilson Grocery & Shell
Station
11.
Route 66 Map & Photos Showing Lincoln Memorial
Park
(former Chautauqua site),
the Historic Cemeteries, & Nearby Sites
12.
Route 66 Map & Photos Showing Salt Creek &
Cemetery Hill,
including
the highway bridges, GM&O bridge, Madigan State Park, the old dam (with
photos & Leigh's memoir of "shooting the rapids" over the old dam), &
the Ernie Edwards' Pig-Hip Restaurant Museum in Broadwell
13.
The Historic Logan County Courthouse, Past &
Present
14.
Route 66 Map with 51 Sites in the Business &
Courthouse Square Historic District,
including locations of historical markers
(on the National Register of Historic Places)
15.
Vintage Scenes of the Business & Courthouse Square
Historic District
16.
The Foley House: A
Monument to Civic Leadership
(on the National Register of
Historic Places)
17.
Agriculture in
the Route 66 Era
18.
Arts & Entertainment Heritage,
including
the Lincoln Theatre Roy Rogers' Riders Club of the
1950s
19.
Business Heritage
20.
Cars, Trucks & Gas Stations of the Route 66 Era
21.
Churches, including the hometown
churches of Author William Maxwell & Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr
22.
Factories, Past and Present
23.
Food Stores of
the Route 66 Era
24.
Government
25.
Hospitals, Past and Present
26.
Hotels & Restaurants of the Railroad & Route 66
Eras
27.
Lincoln Developmental Center
(Lincoln State School & Colony in
the Route 66 era), plus
debunking the myth of
Lincoln, Illinois, choosing the Asylum over the University of Illinois
28.
Mining Coal, Limestone, & Sand & Gravel; Lincoln Lakes; & Utilities
29.
Museums & Parks, including the Lincoln College
Museum and its Abraham Lincoln Collection, plus the Heritage-in-Flight
Museum
30.
Neighborhoods
with Distinction
31.
News Media in the Route 66 Era
32.
The Odd Fellows' Children's Home
33.
Schools
34.
Memories of the 1900 Lincoln Community High School,
including Fred Blanford's dramatic account of the lost marble
fountain of youth
35.
A Tribute to the Historians and Advocates of
Lincoln, Illinois
36.
Watering Holes of the Route 66 Era
37.
The Historic 1953 Centennial Celebration of
Lincoln, Illinois
38.
The Festive 2003 Sesqui-centennial Celebration of
Lincoln, Illinois, including photos of LCHS Class of 1960
dignitaries & the Blanfords
39.
Why Did the State Police Raid Lincoln, Illinois,
on October 11, 1950?
40.
The Gambling Raids in Lincoln and Logan County,
Illinois,
During the Late Route 66 Era (1950-1960)
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Pages
in this section tell about Leigh Henson's Lincoln years, moving away,
revisits, and career:
About Lincoln, Illinois;
This Web Site; & Me
A Tribute to Lincolnite Edward Darold
Henson: World War II U.S. Army Veteran of the Battles for Normandy and
the Hedgerows; Brittany and Brest; and the Ardennes (Battle of the
Bulge)
For Remembrance, Understanding, & Fun: Lincoln
Community High School Mid-20th-Century Alums' Internet Community
(a Web site and
email exchange devoted to collaborative memoir and the sharing of photos
related to Lincoln, Illinois)
Leigh Henson's Pilgrimage to Lincoln, Illinois, on
July 12, 2001
Leigh Henson's
Review of Dr. Burkhardt's William Maxwell Biography
Leigh Henson's Review of Ernie Edwards' biography,
Pig-Hips on Route 66, by William Kaszynski
Leigh Henson's Review of Jan Schumacher's
Glimpses of Lincoln, Illinois
Teach Local Authors: Considering the Literature of
Lincoln, Illinois
Web Site About
Leigh Henson's Professional Life
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Pages
in this section are about the writing, memorabilia, and Web sites of
other Lincolnites:
A Tribute to Bill and Phyllis Stigall:
Exemplary Faculty of Lincoln College at Mid-Twentieth Century
A Tribute to the Krotzes of Lincoln, Illinois
A Tribute to Robert Wilson (LCHS '46): Author of
Young in Illinois, Movies Editor of December Magazine,
Friend and Colleague of December Press Publisher Curt Johnson, and
Correspondent with William Maxwell
Brad Dye (LCHS '60): His Lincoln, Illinois, Web
Site,
including photos of many churches
Dave Armbrust's Memorabilia of Lincoln, Illinois
J. Richard
(JR) Fikuart
(LCHS '65):
The
Fikuarts of Lincoln, Illinois, including their
connections to the William Maxwell family and three generations of
family fun at Lincoln Lakes
Jerry Gibson (LCHS '60): Lincoln, Illinois,
Memoirs & Other Stories
Dave Johnson (LCHS '56): His Web Site for the
Lincoln Community High School Class of 1956
Sportswriter David Kindred: Memoir of His
Grandmother Lena & Her West Side Tavern on Sangamon Street in the Route
66 Era
Judge Jim Knecht
(LCHS '62): Memoir and Short Story, "Other People's Money," Set in
Hickey's Billiards on Chicago Street in the Route 66 Era
William A. "Bill" Krueger (LCHS '52): Information
for His Books About Murders in Lincoln
Norm Schroeder (LCHS '60): Short Stories
Stan Stringer Writes About His Family, Mark
Holland, and Lincoln, Illinois
Thomas Walsh: Anecdotes Relating to This Legendary
Attorney from Lincoln by Attorney Fred Blanford & Judge Jim Knecht
Leon Zeter (LCHS '53): His Web Site for the
Lincoln Community High School Class of 1953,
including announcements of LCHS class reunions
(Post yours there.)
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Highway Sign of
the Times:
1926-1960
The Route 66
Association of Illinois
The Illinois
State Historical Society
Illinois
Tourism Site:
Enjoy Illinois
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April 24, 2004: Awarded "Best Web Site of the Year" by the Illinois State Historical
Society
"superior
achievement: serves as a model for the profession and reaches a greater
public"
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Marquee Lights of the Lincoln Theater, est. 1923, Lincoln, Illinois |
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23. Food Stores
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In early to
mid-20th Century, during the prime of Route 66, Lincoln had numerous
neighborhood grocery stores. My maternal grandfather, Harrison F.
Wilson, owned and operated a grocery store on Fifth Street from 1921 to his
death in 1959. My Grandmother Blanch operated the store for about
another year. At this store, Grandfather Wilson sold the first gasoline
on Fifth Street in Lincoln, which became Business Route 66 in 1926.
For more information about the Wilson Grocery and gas station, see
10. The
Wilsons of Business Route 66, including the Wilson Grocery and
Shell station.
Nancy
Lawrence Gehlbach's issue of Our Times titled "To Market, To Market. . ."
(vol. 6, issue 3, fall, 2001) says that Lincoln had 44 grocery stores
1931. I have prepared the following list of Lincoln's food stores
by using this article; by talking with my father, Darold Henson, and by
getting suggestions through email from several LCHS alums.
Route 66-era
food stores in Lincoln, Illinois, included Albert and Sons, Alexander's, Apel and Mote (A&M), Armbrust, Cantrall, Coogan, Cramer, DeHass, Denger,
Dumser, Elmer Brown's Basket Grocery, Engle, Fortman, Glick, Halford, Hampe, Heaton, Helm, Heinzel,
Heitmann, Kenning, Kerpan, Klemm, Krotz, Landers, Lucas and Farmer,
Lyons, Mayer, McAllister, Moos, Musgrove, Musser, Ritchhart, Sablotny,
Schmidt, Scott (and Fred Rice), Simon, Smith, Steve Bellack, Sablotny, Turner, Verban, Vlahovich, Weitkamper, Werth,
White, Williamson, and Wilson and Son.
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Kerpan's
grocery was one of the oldest in Lincoln, originating long before the Route
66 era, dating to 1919.
23.1: Kerpan's Grocery in the 1960s
(Photo provided by D.D. Welch with
caption by Norm Schroeder)
Janet Kerpan emailed this note on July 4, 2003:
Kerpan's Grocery opened in 1919. Prior to that,
my grandfather worked in the mines. The doctor told him to get out of
the mines because of his lungs, and he did collect the black lung pension
later on. He did live a long life -- to age 92!
With the permission
of "Lincolnite at Heart" Janet Kerpan, LCHS Class of 1960, the story of the
Kerpan Grocery is available on the Web by clicking on this thumbnail image:
23.2: Article About the
Kerpan Grocery and Photo of Joe Kerpan
Respond to
Janet at
Lincolnite42@aol.com.
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23.3: Ritchhart Grocery at
Eighth and College Streets
(Photo in Gleason, Lincoln: A Pictorial History, p. 76)
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Two Route 66 Grocery
Stores
23.4: Heinzel Super Market Ad
Lincoln Evening Courier, April, 2, 1953, p. 5.
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23.5: Krotz
& Son Grocery
Lincoln Evening Courier, October 30, 1953, p. 5. |
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23.6: Ey's
Bakery (Photo provided by D.D. Welch with captions by Norm
Schroeder)
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23.7:
Basket Grocery Ad from
Lincoln Evening Courier, April 2, 1953, p. 5.
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23.8:
Basket Grocery on Chicago Street (Photo provided by D.D. Welch)
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23.9:
Eckert's Market and Apartments on Sangamon Street
(Photo provided by D.D. Welch with caption by Norm Schroeder)
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23.10: Ad on Side of Former W.E. Russell and Son Grocery
(Photo by
Leigh Henson, 12-01)
Fred Blanford had also taken a photo of this landmark and emailed it to more
than 150 LCHS mid-20th-century alums who participate in
For Remembrance, Understanding,
& Fun. My research on the location of the Bunny Bread
sign reveals it to be the former W.E. Russell and Son Grocery at 527 Fourth
St. This information is found in an issue titled "To Market, To Market. .
. ." The article with
reference to the sign is titled "Neighborhood Grocery Stores." The sign is
on the west wall.
The Parlee and Ruth Henson home was in the same block as the Heaton Grocery,
later Knockel's, at Fifth and College Street. The Henson home was three blocks from the Russell
Grocery
on Fourth Street and one block from
the Moos Grocery, also on Fourth Street. Darold tells me that as a kid he was
often sent by his Uncle Ruel to get Clown cigarettes at the neighborhood
groceries.
At about the age of 16, I recall hiring one of my younger playmates from the
playground of Jefferson School -- Mick Johnson -- to visit Engle's Grocery Store
a block away on State Street to buy a pack of (unfiltered) Camels for me to
try. When I inhaled, I gasped and nearly choked. Lucky Strikes
had the same effect. Eventually, I went with Kent. Fortunately,
unlike my Uncle Ruel, who smoked three packs a day and who died from lung cancer in1951, I stopped the habit
after seeing a film in a health class at Illinois State (Normal) University
that showed what a cancerous lung looks like.
23.11: Concrete Block
Building That Housed the Engle Grocery Store in the Route 66 Era
(Photo by Leigh Henson, 8-03)
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Suggested Sources
Beaver, Paul J. History of Logan County
Illinois 1982. Published by the Logan County Heritage
Foundation. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing
Company, 1982:
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"Armour Creameries," p. 52. [Armour was a
middleman processor of poultry and eggs.]
Gehlbach, Nancy Lawrence. "Here Comes the
Milkman!" Our Times. vol. 5, no. 2, summer, 2000, p. 5.
Gehlbach, Nancy Lawrence. "To Market, To
Market. . . ." Our Times. vol. 6, no. 3., fall, 2001:
·
This issue includes "Fish and Meat Markets,"
"Neighborhood Grocery Stores," "Some Personal Stories," "A Day in the Life
of a Grocer," and "Of Bakeries and Bakers," Fruits and Vegetables." Gleason, Paul E. Lincoln,
Illinois: A Pictorial History. St. Louis, MO: G.
Bradley Publishing, 1998:
· Photo of Lucas and Farmer Grocery Store, p. 77.
· Photo of Rigg's Dairy truck, p. 84.
Material from Mr. Gleason's books is copyrighted with all rights
reserved. Mr.
Gleason's material used in this Web site is with permission from the G. Bradley Publishing Company, 461 Des
Peres Road, St. Louis, MO 63131. Call 1-800-966-5120 to inquire about purchasing Lincoln, Illinois:
A Pictorial History (1998) (200 pages of rare photos and text) or Logan County Pictorial History
(2000) (also 200 pages of rare photos and text). Please visit
http://gbradleypublishing.com/.
Lincoln Evening Courier, centennial
edition, Wednesday, August 26, 1953:
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Full-page ad for Armour's, Section 5, p. 5.
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Email comments, corrections, questions, or suggestions.
Also please email me if this Web site helps you decide to visit Lincoln, Illinois:
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