On Lincoln’s Trail

In 1811 Lincoln’s family moved 10 miles north to Knob Creek.  In 1860 Lincoln wrote “My earliest recollection, however, is of the Knob Creek place. “   It was a place where a young boy could roam with his good friend, Austin Gollaher, pick berries, swim in Knob Creek, and help with farm chores.  Abraham and his sister, Sarah walked two miles each way to a primitive “Blab School” taught by Caleb Hazel where the children sitting on rough wooden benches learned their lessons with every child reciting in unison their “readin, writin, and ciphering”.  The two years in school here was the total of his formal education.  The Knob Creek farm fronted on the Louisville and Nashville Pike where Lincoln often watched chained groups of slaves marched off to auction blocks.
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