Learning a thing or two from Ole' Tom: Going back to the Tin House on Goosenest

The Tin House, as it's affectionately called, is no fancy schmancy joint. It's a relic of a simpler time – aka the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site. This humble abode was pieced together by ol' Tom, the old man of Abraham Lincoln, the man who became our 16th President. Now, let me tell ya, Abe never did lay his head in this cozy little shack. Alas, he did pop by quite often and was spellbound by its rustic charm. The Tin House nestles comfortably eight miles south of Charleton, Illinois, down old Goosenest Prairie, yep, that's its name!

The Lincolns staked their claim on this land back in 1840, ol' Tom having hauled his family west from Indy in the 1830s. By then, he'd well and truly reinvented himself, from stonemason to farmer, a provider to his beloved Sarah and his two lil' tots. The house itself wasn't half-bad either – it stood tall with two-storey rooms right up to the rafters. Roomy enough for sixteen members of the Lincoln and Johnston families.

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