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The Lincoln Depot: A Preservation Partnership Success
Three months after his election in November 1860, Abraham Lincoln left Springfield for Washington, D.C. to become the 16th President of the United States. The special train that would take him there left the Great Western Depot on the rainy morning of Monday, February 11, 1861, the last day Lincoln spent in Springfield. This is the story of that depot and the attempts to preserve it.To view the first entry, click on Begin.
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Authors: Tim Good and Mary Reynolds