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Lincoln Ferry

Location: Unknown (Spencer County, Indiana)

Marker No Longer Standing. Replaced by 74.2001.1 Abraham Lincoln Employed

Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1967

ID#: 74.1967.1

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In 1825-26, Abraham Lincoln spent nine months of his seventeenth year operating a ferry across the Anderson River for James Taylor. The ferry was located between the present bridge and the Ohio River.

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Transportation