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Lost Village of Sangamo Town | Levin Stringham | NewsBreak Original
Lost Village of Sangamo Town | Levin Stringham | NewsBreak Original,The canoe tipped, and three men splashed into the Sangamon River. The water ran high. Their lives were in danger. The year was 1831, and luckily for the drowning men, young Abraham Lincoln watched from the shore. The future President lived in a shanty on the river near Sangamo Town, about seven miles northwest of Springfield. He had been hired by Denton Offout, a local businessman, to construct a flatboat and transport cargo to New Orleans. Lincoln chose Sangamo Town for the construction of the flatboat because the town possessed "an abundance of good timber," and "the only sawmill for miles around."

Lost Village of Sangamo Town | Levin Stringham | NewsBreak Original

The canoe tipped, and three men splashed into the Sangamon River. The water ran high. Their lives were in danger. The year was 1831, and luckily for the drowning men, young Abraham Lincoln watched from the shore. The future President lived in a shanty on the river near Sangamo Town, about seven miles northwest of Springfield. He had been hired by Denton Offout, a local businessman, to construct a flatboat and transport cargo to New Orleans. Lincoln chose Sangamo Town for the construction of the flatboat because the town possessed "an abundance of good timber," and "the only sawmill for miles around."