We were on our way towards Iowa taking a diagonal route across Illinois. After seeing Abe Lincoln's Boyhood Home I found we would be going right by his father's final home and farm.
I thought, Why not?
We arrived just before lunch time, and no tourists were there. Nice. It was a peaceful and quiet place and I walked into the Visitor Center. There I learned a few things. Thomas had lost three farms due to boundary disputes and defective titles. Abe never lived here. While Abe was a circuit court lawyer he would stop by occasionally to visit with his father (a strained relationship) and step-mother (whom he got along with quite well).
Here's the corker: In 1893 the original log cabin Thomas built was disassembled and shipped to Chicago for the World's Exposition. After the fair they lost it! How can you lose a log cabin? Burn it up as firewood, which historians surmise was its demise. So what I was seeing was another reconstruction based on photographs taken before it was lost.
I was pretty well disillusioned after two days of this sort of thing so I took a picture of the chickens.
I then went back to the Little House on the Highway, let Sinbad out for a walk and ate some lunch.
Yikes! Water!
10 comments:
So sweet Sinbad walks with you like a dog. Our fomer cat did so too, but Sofietje is afraid of her own shadow. They lost the cabin, that is very strange indeed. I can imagine your disappointment.
chickens and sinbad - nice save! :)
Great looking cat & nice chickens!
Whew- good thing those chickens were there! LOL I would have been disillusioned too. Sinbad is one smart kitty- stay away from that bad wet stuff!
Nice chicken coop.
When I saw the sign "you are entering 1845" I thought this was a post about the current Prime Minister of Australia!! (not a forward thinker!)
So glad I was wrong!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Great shots of Sinbad the Explorer! You remind me of Steinbeck and Travels with Charlie.
Pretty hard to lose a log cabin, me thinks! I guess it was hard getting good help even back the.
I LOVE the photo of Sinbad and the water. :)
Never the less a great post...I wish our cat would actually walk when on his leash, he becomes paralyzed, and I have to carry him. Hmmm, maybe he is smarter then me?! Enjoy your day!
I would have loved to had the opportunity to take pics of the chickens! I cannot see my cats acting as well behaved as Sinbad...
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