Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Beardstown” in chapter 2 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:
...alternating spaces of prairie and forest, of attractive natural scenery and rich soil, it was nevertheless at a great disadvantage in the means of commercial transportation.
Lying sixty miles from Beardstown , the nearest landing on the Illinois River, the peculiarities of soil, climate, and primitive roads rendered travel and land carriage extremely difficult-often entirely impossible — for nearly ...
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† | Beardstown (Illinois, United States) | 54 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
Beardstown (Indiana, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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