Identifier: storyoflincoln4887reit (find matches)
Title: The story of Lincoln
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Reiter, Harriet G. (Harriet Grant Frost), b. 1868
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: Dansville, New York : World's Events Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
temple and a stump for an altar. The preach-ers traveled long distances from place to place,with sometimes months between visits. Abra-ham thought these traveling preachers mostwonderful men, and would ride long distancesto hear them. He admired them so much thathe tried to do as they did. Jle would gatherhis playmates around him and preach andpound, until his audience were frightened intotears. Thomas Lincoln grew tired of living in Ken-tucky. He decided he would seek a new homeacross the river in Indiana. He loaded hisgoods on a raft and started for the Ohio River.But when he reached the middle of the river,tiio raft was upset, and all he owned was at thebottom of the Ohio. He managed to save a fewthings, borrowed an ox team, and started tofind a good place to locate. Meanwhile, his family remained at the oldhome anxiously awaiting his return. He came))ack with good news and the family set out ontheir journey. There were Mr. and Mrs. Lin-coln. Abe and his sister Sarah, and a cousin,
Text Appearing After Image:
u J5 THE STORY OF LINCOLN 9 Dennis Hanks. No donbt the children en-joyed the journey. The forest with its greentrees, singing birds, and strange animals, wasa never-ending wonder to these young x^eoplemaking their first journey away from home. When the travelers arrived at the spot Mr.Lincoln had chosen for his home, an axe wasput into seven year old Abes hand, and hewas told to go to work to help make a clearingfor the camp. There was no time to build a house, so ahalf-faced camp was put up to shelter themfrom the winter storms. Four posts were setin the ground, poles put across the top andrude slabs fastened to them for a roof. Threesides were enclosed with poles chinked in withclay. The open side was screened with a cur-tain of skins. In one corner was a great fire-place made of sticks and mud. Times grew very hard for the Lincolns.Their furniture was at the bottom of the Ohio.They made chairs of rude slabs with pegs drivenin for legs. The frame work of their bed wasmade of poles a

Note About Images