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Rigler's Sports is...

Rigler's Sports Supply

This is a great place to shop and offers a nice selection of firearms at reasonable prices.

Folsom's Bakery -...

Folsom's Bakery

This is the best bakery I have been to in a long time. The bread is like how mom used to make it...

Ozzy's Burgers &...

Ozzy's Burgers & Brew

Ozzy's offers the best food along the Mississippi River in Iowa/Illinois. Four of us were ready...

Bella's Offers...

Bella Food & Spirits

My wife and I had supper from Bella's tonight and it was awesome! My wife had the teriyaki ribs and...

The Best Deli in...

Cobblestone Ice Cream &...

This is by far the best place to get a sandwich. I am from New Jersey and this is as close to a big...

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bwcvb-lincoln-old In 2009, as the nation celebrated the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln's birth, and the Blackhawk Waterways region of Northwest Illinois offers visitors a chance to see the places that helped shape the man who would become our 16th president.

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218 West Main Street, Stillman Valley, IL, 61084

Oldest burial site in Northern Illinois. Veterans of the Black Hawk War (1832) were buried here after fighting and dying in the only war to take place on Illinois soil.

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County:Ogle

Lincoln Statue Drive, Dixon, IL

A statue of 23-year-old Abraham Lincoln as he served as a volunteer soldier in the Black Hawk Indian War of 1832. It is the only known statue of Lincoln showing him in military uniform.

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County:Lee

215 S Galena Avenue, Dixon, IL, 61021

The building was constructed in 1853 and operated continuously as a hotel until 1988. It underwent many alterations during the time it operated as a hotel. Following its period as a hotel the five-story mansard roofed building fell into disrepair and w ...
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County:Lee