Lincoln's New Salem

Discover Lincoln's New Salem through historical cameos and pictures of each building in this recreated pioneer village that seemed to spring up from the wilderness to embrace Lincoln and just as quickly disappear. Learn about the people who impacted his life in dramatic ways. It's as if this pioneer village was a special nursery hothouse designed specifically to incubate and nourish the man who would rise from its mist to save America in the hour of her greatest need.