Abraham Lincoln statue, Union Square Park, Springfield, Illinois
“Land of Lincoln”
I (Wayne) first visited the state of Illinois during the Spring of 1974, when I was a Senior in High School. I visited a college in Elsah, Illinois. I decided to attend college there for two years, starting in the Fall of 1974. The campus was in a rural setting. I didn’t have a car on campus, so it was a treat when I got to go off campus: Once in a while I was invited to go to St. Louis (e.g. to see a Cardinals baseball or football game), which was an hour drive away (see Note 1). I remember taking an occasional study break to get blueberry pancakes at the Village Inn Pancake House in Alton. Additionally, I was on the college football team, so I got to visit other colleges when we had “away” games. On one of those bus rides, we stopped at a park that had information about one of the Lincoln/Douglas debates…
Note 1: The “Missouri" web page can be viewed by selecting Sitemap->States (US)->Missouri from menu bar at top.
Other “ Illinois" related photo albums can be viewed by selecting Sitemap->States (US)->Illinois->My Photos of Springfield, Illinois, September - 2016, ->My College Football Photos from menu bar at top.