The Sangamo frontier : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln

The Sangamo frontier : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln / Robert Mazrim.

When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois? Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles th...

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Main Author: Mazrim, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Homes and haunts > Illinois > Springfield.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1800-1899
Historic sites > Illinois > Springfield.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Illinois > Springfield.
Archaeology and history > Illinois > Springfield.
Frontier and pioneer life > Illinois > Springfield.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Antiquities
Archaeology and history
Excavations (Archaeology)
Frontier and pioneer life
Historic sites
Homes
Springfield (Ill.) > Antiquities.
Springfield (Ill.) > History > 19th century.
Springfield (Ill.) > History, Local.
Sangamon River Valley (Ill.) > History, Local.
Illinois > Sangamon River Valley
Illinois > Springfield
Electronic books.
History
Local history
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Table of Contents:
  • The making of an American frontier
  • The arrival of archaeology and the shadow of Lincoln
  • Before the Americans
  • The Americans
  • At home, 1800-1840
  • Under the house, behind the house
  • Goods in the forests
  • The hole in the map
  • A new frontier
  • Overlooking wilderness : excavations at Elkhart Hill
  • Earthenware at Cotton Hill : the Ebey-Brunk Kiln site
  • The origins of a state capital : the Iles Store site
  • Moses's Sangamo : relocating a lost town
  • Exploring Moses's Sangamo : excavations at Sangamo town
  • Lincoln's New Salem : history and archaeology
  • Behind Lincoln's New Salem : archaeology and revisionism
  • The end of the trail.

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