This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lincoln Wool Carding Journey Tangled with Indiana Love
Indiana memory shows Abraham Lincoln riding 35 miles from Princeton to a Spencer County wool carder seeking service. He befriended Julia Evans, learned her name, and later recalled the scene while describing his youth and his Indiana ties to a Terre Haute Tribune reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse W. Week
Terre Haute
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Kentio
Spencer County
Julia Evans
Miss Evans
Julia Levans
Jaikia Hvatus
Feneth
Princeton
Laeckwood
Princeteary
Carrick
Abraham
Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Lockwood
Ian
Shakespeare
Illinois
Hoosier
Henry Clay
Gentryville
Earl
Rockport
Edgar
Coles
Richard W. Thompson
John P. Usher
Danville
Joseph KE. McDonanly
Daniel E. Voorhees
Wabash
Ilinois
Ps4ss
John
Jack” Linde
Der
Levi B. Pleenor
Grand Jury
Fleener
Abraham N. Fleenor
Levi
Jack Linder
Linder
Ormando GB. Fricklin
Usher E. Linder
Ilinoi
Levi B
Imeline
Greencastle
Fleeners
Ind
Linders
Levi B. Fleenor
Ameline
Levino
Emeline
Indianas
Fleenor