Spanish Fork Press | 1906-07-05 | Page 5 | Store Used by Lincoln

STORE USBD BY LINCOLN Petersburg Ill Time structure known as Lincolns Old Store which mtll recently stood In the rear ot the Bishop building here Is depicted In I time Illustration It was first erected at New Salem and was occupied by Lincoln as a store from 1832 until 1S35 In It the future president stud led law and mastered < the intricacies at mathematics without a teacher and while he occupied It he also laid out the City of Petersburg and many near by towns Robert Bishop of this city bought the sluicture In 183C and I moved It here Ln iln himself assisting I assist-ing in the operation It was used for a gunshop for Rome time Subsequently Subsequent-ly when Mr Bishop erected his brick I t4 LINCOLNS OLD STORE structure the Lincoln store was pushed to the rear Relic hunters had carried off much of tho old building and a storm wrecked tho roof so that Its demolition became necessary