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United States Land Office

CITY:

Palestine

COUNTY:

Crawford

DEDICATED BY:

The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

November 11, 1950 at 6:00:00 PM

The marker is located in Palestine at the intersection of Main and Market Streets.

A United States Land Office was located at this site in 1820 and operated until 1855. Settlers from as far as Chicago came here to file on homesteads. Young Abraham Lincoln passing through Palestine in 1830 with his family in emigrant wagons noticed a crowd before this land office.

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