We've reached the end of the Lincoln trail of our Middle States itinerary. When we originally laid out the itinerary, we didn't plan quite so many Lincoln sites, but the last two were add-ons after we got to Hodgenville, We didn't know about the Lincoln Museum, and we thought there wasn't really anything to see at Knob Creek. We were wrong about both!
Knob Creek is just a few miles from the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park main visitor center. The Knob Creek site is known as the Boyhood Unit of the park, and it is staffed by rangers and volunteers who also work at the main site.
There is a visitor center that tells about the Lincolns' life in this part of Kentucky, and what I found especially interesting here and at the main site is the emphasis on how the Lincolns weren't poor. Sure, they had humble beginnings, but for the time period and area, they were doing okay economically. If you zoom on some of the photos in this post, you can read more about it. The Visitor Center was originally used as a tavern for a time. Additionally, there is a cabin that is a replica of what the Lincolns' cabin likely looked like when they lived there.
There was an interesting display that compared Lincoln's speeches and addresses with passages from books that must've made an impact on him.
Here's a comparison of Lincoln as a boy and Lincoln as a man.
This is the land at Knob Creek.
And this is Knob Creek. It wasn't much of a creek the day we were there, but the ranger said it can get to really running when the water's up.
The National Park Service has done a good job of providing information at this site about the time Lincoln lived there. If you're in the area, it's a nice place for a short visit. And if you're like me, you've gotta "collect 'em all" so this was just one more of the Lincoln sites to check off my list.
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