SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The earliest-known privately produced map of Springfield -- which could date to as early as 1825 -- has been acquired by the Illinois State Historical Library. The map, ...
Work is happening to prepare for the Route 66 Centennial National Kickoff late next month in Springfield.
The map was made for early Springfield settler William Carpenter, a contemporary of Abraham Lincoln and a well-known entrepreneur and politician, Bauer said. Carpenter probably carried the cloth map ...