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1 if tion was hauled from Nelson County in an oxcart. The 0ne-and-one-
’ half-story tavern has three dormers in front and two stone chimneys at
p   each end. The partition walls of stone are Z1 inches thick. The
_  origmal flooring, ship-oak on the first and poplar on the second floor,
e ‘ and the hand-grooved casings still remain. Old Stone Inn was built
1 ~ for a home but had to be sold before it was entirely completed.
I SIMPSONVILLE, 59.9 m., a hamlet dating from 1816, was named
l t for Capt. ]ohn Simpson of Shelbyville, killed in the Battle of the River
i A  Raisin, january 22, 1813.
- j  .LINCRAFT-FARM (L), 60.5 m., is a 25-acre model farm, with which
1 ‘ L1ncoln Institute demonstrates the possibilities of a small farming unit
g with the a1d of a  egro family. The farmhouse is a modern two-story
— . white frame building with barns and outbuildings at the rear.
LINCOLN INSTITUTE (L), 60.9 m., at Lincoln Ridge, is an endowed
t g vocational and agricultural high school for Negro boys and girls—the
;l only one of its kmd 1n Kentucky. As the result of the law passed by
·. » the State legislature 1n 1904, which prohibited attendance of Negroes
;, .  at institutions attended by whites, part of the Berea College endowment
r -  (see Tour 4) was used to establish this school for Negroes. The two
g institutions now have no connection, except that by tradition some of
.- the trustees and the president of Berea College are also trustees of
e Lincoln Institute. The legislature, in 193 7, enacted a law that requires
ir ( each county where there are no Negro high schools to pay the tuition »
h of Negro students who attend high school in some other locality; many
“s of these are sent to Lincoln Institute. Its 444—acre farm supplies the
0 _ table. On the campus there are two three—story dormitories, an ad-
s 3 ministration building, an industrial arts building, and a central heating
is plant, all constructed of red brick and trimmed with stone.
A At 64.2 m. is the junction with an improved side road.
a
. Right on this road to LONG RUN BAPTIST CHURCH (R), 2.1 m., on Long Run
" A Creek, so named because of the long flight down its valley by those who escaped
Y V an Indian attack. The church, a very plain red brick gabled building, has two
9- entrance doors. Two hundred yards north of the church is the site of the cabin
, of Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of Abraham Lincoln, a President of the United
d States. Although some historians believe Lincoln died near Springfield, it is gen-
d ' erally agreed that beneath the wing of the old church is the GRAVE OF ABRAHAM
· LINCOLN,S GRANDFATKER.
When Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather, migrated from Virginia to Kentucky,
A between 1782 and 1784, he settled near Green River in Lincoln County; later he
ft moved to this place, which was near Hughes Station. One day while he was work-
ll » ' ing near this cabin he was killed by an Indian. Mordecai, his son, shot the at-
lY _ tacker, saving the members of the family, among them his youngest brother,
Qt , Thomas, who was to become the father of a President.
1- s 
_ At 70.9 m. is the junction with old US 60.
’¤ .  Left on this road to MIDDLETOWN, 0.3 m. (772 alt., 315 pop.), founded in
{ll 1797. In the center of the town is MIDnLmowN INN (R), built more than a cen-
-6 tury ago with 24-inch walls, of brick and stone. The double front entrance has
Q —  fanlights and side lights, and the original ash floor boards are still in use. The
“- , wide veranda across the front is a later addition.