Lincoln State Park in southern Indiana, established in 1932, combines recreation with places central to Abraham Lincoln’s youth in the Little Pigeon Creek community. Its trails, lakes, campgrounds, cabins, and nature preserve share the landscape with sites tied to his family and early work, including Little Pigeon Baptist Church and Cemetery, where his sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby is buried, and locations associated with Noah Gordon, James Gentry, and Colonel William Jones. Civilian Conservation Corps construction shaped much of the park during the Great Depression. The park also preserves traditions of interpretation and performance through its center, historic sites, and Lincoln Amphitheatre.

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