The Early Years
In 1809, the year of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Kentucky was still on the frontier. It did not perceive itself - and was not identified - as a Northern state or Southern state. Kentucky was a Western state. Kentucky was the cradle for American expansion and settlement west of the Appalachians. The earliest pioneers had lived in Kentucky for some thirty-five years when the future U. S. President was born in a simple log cabin near Hodgenville.
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| Pioneer Kentucky | Kentucky in 1809 | West to Indiana |
