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Lincoln Walking Trail

315 W Gallatin St, Vandalia, IL 62471

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On a large natural stone in the Park, you can see the trail reported to have been used by Abraham Lincoln and others as they traveled between Vandalia and Springfield, IL.

The Lincoln Trail is on the National Registry of Historic Places.

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