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of his family were born and here the eldestof the three died. Here he grew up from the small figure of acountry lawyer to the full stature of a party idol and the grandproportions of a national leader. Here were nurtured his early-born ambitions and here his greatest political aspiration was… … LINCOLN HOMESTEAD. 32 STARVED ROCK PARK. STARVED ROCK PARK, the scene of the last stand of theIllinois Indians, the site of Fort St. Louis, established by La-Salle, the site of the First Mission in Illinois established by-Father Marquette, the mecca of Romance and Indian Legendry, themost beautiful…
