Saw and grist mill, New Salem State Park, Lincoln's New Salem, Ill.
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Caption on back of card: The original mill was erected in 1829, by James Rutledge and James Camron, a year after Camron had entered the eighty acres on which the village stands. Believing the mill would attract trade, they had the land plotted out into town lots and blocks. The new mill is on the original site but owing to the river changing its channel a mill pond furnishes the water for the mill. It was on the old mill dam that Lincoln stranded...
Black-and-white postcard. Reissue of card originally produced in 1946.
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- Eastern Illinois University
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- English
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- Saw and grist mill, New Salem State Park, Lincoln's New Salem, Ill.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eiu_postc/id/7134. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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