Westward Expansion and the Flatboat Era – Presented by Katie Pappano, The Scenic Lincoln Way
In 1828, Abraham Lincoln, at age 19, took a flatboat from Rockport, Indiana, to New Orleans, with his friend Alan Gentry, to sell the Spencer County area produce. In 2028, in honor of the 200-year anniversary of that trip, a not-for-profit group called the Scenic Lincoln Way will be doing a reenactment of Lincoln’s trip.…