ILLINOIS HISTORY

A Magazine for Young People

Volume 51 • Number 2 • February 1998

CONTENTS

21 Keeping Lincoln's Memory Alive Jamie Pestein Washington School, Peoria 22 A Case and a Man for the Ages Chris Norbert Belleville West High School, Belleville 24 Lincoln the Lawyer Stephanie Gish Thornwood High School, South Holland 25 Lincoln's Experience at New Salem Magdelena Neuman Unity Point School, Carbondale 27 Lincoln and Herndon David Grunschel South Middle School, Arlington Heights 28 Lincoln Law Cases Matthew Isoda Jamieson Elementary School, Chicago 29 Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Paige Blair Brookwood Junior High School, Glenwood 30 Lincoln's Years at New Salem Erin Fitzgerald Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, Anna 32 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Erin Schulmeister Waterloo High School, Waterloo 34 Lincoln in New Salem Sarah Broom Carbondale Community High School, Carbondale 36 Hurd v. Rock Island Railroad Company: A Turning Point in Abraham Lincoln's Legal Career Jay Shultz Washington School, Peoria On the cover: This portrayal of Lincoln is that of a young man, before he was persuaded by a young girl to improve his looks by growing a beard.

37 Lincoln's Illinois Years Patrick Jenkins Ingersoll Middle School, Canton 38 The Lincoln-Douglas Rivalry Allison Dietrich Oregon High School, Oregon 40 Lincoln: Lawyer before President Sara Kalantari Macomb Junior High School, Macomb For the record: An article was inadvertently omitted from the Contents page of the December 1997 issue of Illinois History. An Element of Greed: The Herrin Massacre, written by Paige E. Wassel of Robinson High School, Robinson, appeared on page 4. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Julie Cellini, Trustee, Chair Pamela A. Daniels, Trustee Samuel Lilly, Trustee Carol Stein, Trustee Warren Swanson, Trustee Susan Mogerman, Director Maynard Crossland, Division Manager Public Affairs and Development Illinois History Keith A. Sculle, Editor Cynthia A. Fuener, Design Toni Clark. Editorial Assistant Illinois History (ISSN 0019-2058) is published three times during the school year, December, February, and April, by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Printed by authority of the State of Illinois. Articles may be reprinted with credit. Subscription rates: One copy is sent free on request to all schools in Illinois. Additional school-use subscriptions are $1 per volume (three issues). All other subscriptions are $6 per volume. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Illinois History, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62701. (20204—6800—2-98) Illinois History magazine is supported by the Illinois State Historical Society.

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