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Blackhawk Waterways - a getaway like it used to be.

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bwcvb-lincoln-oldIn 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

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
Nachusa House

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
Propheter Park

506 E. 6th Street, Sterling, Illinois, 61081

Outdoor Basketball Courts, Playground Equipment, Open Play Areas and Lincoln Statue
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County:Whiteside