| Located south side of E third street (one way east bound) between 6th Ave, and 7th Ave Sterling IL | Coordinates Lat N 41 47.415" Lon W 89 41.211" | |
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LINCOLN IN STERLING On July 18, 1856, Abraham Lincoln spent the night in this house as the guest of William Manaham. Lincoln had been invited by Robert Lange Wilson to address a John C. Fremont rally in Sterling. Wilson was a member of the famous Long Nine of the Ilinois legislature during the 1830's. ERECTED BY THE STERLING ROCK FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1966
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