Let it Snow!

Along with Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 12, came several inches of snow here at his boyhood home, in Spencer County, Ind.





As I hiked around photographing the Living Historical Farm at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial I couldn't help but think about how hard the winters were for Lincoln and his pioneer family living on the Indiana frontier.





Here's a frigid close-up:

To see more snowy Spencer County scenes, visit The Holiblog on the Holiday World & Splashin' Safari website.

We'd rather be No. 1, but No. 2 is not too shabby!

Prolific Travel Writer Earn Conn has written 400 travel columns in his long career traveling throughout Indiana and abroad. For his 401st column he boiled down all his Indiana travels into a single Top 10 list. Lincoln's Boyhood Home, Spencer County, Ind., came in at a very respectable No. 2 on his list. Click here to read the article.

Sticking up for Indiana's Lincoln

I thought you all might enjoy reading this post from the Lincoln Amphitheatre blog. As Kentucky prepares to kick off the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration next week, those of us who live in Indiana keep reminding folks that while Lincoln was born in Kentucky, and rose to fame in Illinois the 14 formative years he spent in Indiana shouldn't be overlooked. Here is the story of one man's efforts to do just that.

Lincoln....... He's Electric!

Electric Consumer Magazine, produced by Indiana's Rural Electrical Co-ops did a wonderful feature this month about the upcoming Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration. It includes great information about Spencer County, Ind.'s Lincoln sites and other activities state-wide. The online version of the magazine has even more great information and neat links to check out! Click here to go to the Electric Consumer online magazine.