Lincoln Boyhood The Evolution of a Sanctified Landscape A Historic Resource Study of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Spencer County, Indiana

COVER

ABSTRACT

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF PLATES

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION

Methodology
Historical Research
Field Survey
Project Personnel

CHAPTER II. ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW

Physiography-Geomorphology
Bedrock Geology
Lithic Resources
Soils
Climate
Flora and Fauna

CHAPTER III. AMERICAN INDIAN SETTLEMENT

Cultural Sequence
Paleoindian Occupation (? to 8000 B.C.)
Archaic Occupation (8000 to 700 B.C.)
Woodland Occupation (700 B.C. to A.D. 1000)
Late Prehistoric Occupation (A.D. 1000 to 1650)

CHAPTER IV. EURO-AMERICAN/AMERICAN INDIAN RELATIONS

Proto-Historic and Contact Period Aboriginal Occupation (1600 to 1750)
Euro-American Occupation (1675-1785)
Expansionism by the United States (1785-1815)
Land Cessions by Indian Tribes

CHAPTER V. SETTLEMENT AND IMMIGRATION

Federal Land Laws (1785-1820)
The Land Ordinance of 1785
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Land Act of 1800 and the Introduction of a Credit System
The Land Act of 1820
Settlement of Southern Indiana
Organization of Spencer County

CHAPTER VI. PIONEER LIFEWAYS

Transportation Systems
Rivers and Streams
Roads
Agricultural History
Significant Factors in Land Settlement
Homesteading
Social Institutions

CHAPTER VII. LINCOLN OCCUPATION PERIOD

The Lincolns in Kentucky
The Indiana Homestead
Lincoln's Boyhood
The Indiana Legacy

CHAPTER VIII. POST-LINCOLN HISTORY

Lincoln City
Memorializing the Lincolns
The First Memorial to Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Establishing Non-Profit Associations
Designing the Lincoln State Memorial
The Trail of Twelve Stones and the Cabin Site Memorial (1931-1938)
Construction of the Memorial Building and Court (1938-1945)
Designation as a National Memorial

CHAPTER IX. RECOMMENDATIONS

Additional Research Needs
Agricultural Practices
Economic and Social Development
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
Additional Interpretive Programs
Audio Tour
Trail of Twelve Stones
Nature Trails

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX A: ADDENDUM TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOMINATION FORM FOR THE LINCOLN BOYHOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL

1. Site Plan of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
2. Map of Indiana Showing Physiographic Units and Glacial Boundaries (Schneider, 1966: 41)
3. Map of Indiana Showing Bedrock Physiographic Units (Gutschick, 1966:54)
4. 1935 Map Showing Percent of Sheet Erosion and Gullying by County (Sieber and Munson, 1994: 86)
5. Indian Villages and Tribal Distribution in the Northwest Territory, c. 1768 (Tanner, 1987: 58-59)
6. 1800 and 1803 Maps of Indiana Territory (Buley, 1950:1:62)
7. Indian Treaties and Land Cessions (Sieber and Munson, 1994: 22)
8. Map of the Northwest Territory as Established by the Ordinance of 1787 (Day, 1988: 28)
9. Map Depicting Separation of Michigan and Illinois Territories (Buley, 1950: 1:63)
10. Land Districts and Offices, 1812 (Rohrbough, 1968)
11. Land Districts and Offices, 1819 (Rohrbough, 1968)
12. Indiana Counties, 1816 (Sieber and Munson, 1994: 24)
13. Map of Southwestern Indiana Taken from the Diary of David Thomas, 1816
14. Map of Original Land Entries in Vicinity of Lincoln Farmstead
15. Drawing of Early Ohio River Flatboat (Sieber and Munson, 1994: 27)
16. Early Roads and Trails in Indiana (Madison, 1990: 76)
17. The Little Pigeon Community, c. 1816-1830 (Warren, 1991: 100-101)
18. 1816-1830 Base Map of Little Pigeon Vicinity (Bearss, 1967)
19. 1879 Map of Lincoln City (Griffing, 1879)
20. 1896 Map of Lincoln City (Wright, 1896)
21. Allee and Plaza Site Plan, 1927-1938 (McEnaney, 2001: 15)
22. Site Plan of Lincoln State Park and Nancy Hanks Lincoln State Memorial, c. 1932
23. Allee and Plaza Site Plan, 1938-1944 (McEnaney, 2001: 27)
24. Floor Plan of the Memorial Building (Outdoor Indiana, 1941: 1)
25. Current Site Plan of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (McEnaney, 2001: 49)
26. Current Site Plan of Allee and Plaza (McEnaney, 2001: 51)
27. Comprehensive Cultural Resources Base Map of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (Adapted from McEnaney, 2001: 49)

1. 1959 Photo of Nancy Hanks Lincoln Grave Marker and Ornamental Iron Fence
2. 1959 Photo of Cabin Site Memorial
3. 1959 Photo of Cloister in Memorial Building
4. 1959 Photo of Railroad Tracks that Pass Through Park
5. 1959 Photo of Lake Lincoln at Nearby Lincoln State Park
6. 1959 Photo of Sate Route 162 and Entry to Park
7. 1959 Photo of Allee, Looking Toward Flagpole and Cemetery
8. 1959 Photo of Interior of Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Hall
9. View of Living History Farm