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Lincoln Way Route Debate Highlights Clark County Traditions
Clark County residents dispute Professor Thompson maps claiming Lincoln caravan crossed the Wabash at Vincennes and traveled via Lawrenceville Palestine Russellville and Darien. Abe Harrison and elder settlers insist the Lincoln Way stayed west of York and likely crossed near the Holliday or Big Four bridge, refuting Darwin and Marshall routes.
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Washington, D. C
Marshall
Charles M. Thompson
University of Ilinois
Lincoln
Vincennes
Henry Harrison
Robert Lacy
Samuel Lacy
Chester Handy
Lincoln Shay
York Township
Mattie Brown
Joe Cork
Ane
Tim
Mundy
Tower
Walnut Prairie
William B. Archer
Sam Lacy
Clark County
Shaws
Abe Harrison
Abe
Darwin
York
Ty Harrison
Lincolns
Hanks
Wabash
Vincenines
Lawrenceville
Old Indian River
Russellville
Racoon
Henry “Halliday
Bill Lindley
John Lindley
Huttonville
Cullop
West York
Atill
Bradbury
Henry Prevo
Jonathan” Hogue
Samuel Co. Prevo
DOW
Robert ‘Mitchell
Jim Mitchell
Henry
Prevo
Sam
Bob
Lacy
Poiles
Cennés
Grandview
Din
Baar
Ork
Tel ‘Henriae
Abe Harrigon
John “Ketchum
Aaron Ball
Pemberton Ball
Aaron Baill
Ayed
Pem
Henry Harison
Kentucky
Charleston
Cumberland County
Goose Nest
Goose Neck’ Prairie
George W. Catron
Jim Mundy
Jim Prevo
Crow Boys
Billy Archer
Bartlett’s
Alf Cowden
Darien
Johnson
O’hair
O'Hair
Frank T. O’hair
Joseph
Danville
Congress
Karon
Ball
Richard
Farley
Robert Duer
Road
Lincoln Way
Reason Bell Farm
Robert
Jim Nicol
University of Clinois
Goose, Nest Prairie
Cumberland
Coun
Illinois
Palestine
Butsonville
Ale Cowden Place
Goose Nest Prairie