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Thebes Courthouse

A hand-hewn stone structure built in 1845, the courthouse crowns a sandstone bluff overlooking the Mississippi River.

Abraham Lincoln, riding circuit, practiced law here.

Dred Scott, a slave whose Supreme Court decision advanced black rights, was given overnight housing in the courthouse jail.

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Location: Off Route 3, Thebes Illinois 62990 Telephone 618-764-2587

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