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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Without shared information from reliable personal recollections and/or archives familiar to a few alert local residents, the authors would not have been able to complete the research behind this book. We are beholden to all. In additionwewishtothankCarolAhlgren,MinneapolisCityPlanningDepartment, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Scott Berka, Colo Development Corporation, Colo, Iowa; Pat Burg, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois; Dave Geisler, Pioneer Auto Show and Antique Town, Murdo, South Dakota; Esley Hamilton, Saint Louis County Parks and Recreation, Clayton, Missouri; Arthur Krim, Cambridge, Massachusetts;JeffLaFollette,statedirector,IowaLincolnHighwayAssociation, Ogden, Iowa; Karen Lane, Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau, Fairbanks, Alaska; Heather MacIntosh, Preservation Action, Washington, D.C.; Paul Daniel Marriott,PaulDanielMarriottandAssociates,Washington,D.C.;KevinJ.Patrick, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania; Michael Romero Taylor, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico.; Tim Townsend, Lincoln Home, National Park Service, Springfield, Illinois; and the staffs of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Illinois State Library, both in Springfield. We are grateful for the University of Tennessee Press’s fine work on this volume , including the assignment of constructive readers. Their critical comments were very useful. We are grateful as well to Kerry Webb and Gene Adair on the press’s staff, and to freelance copyeditor Bill Adams for his judicious and careful work. This page intentionally left blank. ...

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