Just a few miles from New Salem, and still about a half hour drive from Springfield is the very comfy little town of Petersburg. I kind of viewed this area as a bonus round of New Salem. I thought that, if we had time after New Salem, maybe we could swing through Petersburg. Well, this is just a neat little town worthy of a visit anyway.
Also, now that I am home and have flipped through the Petersburg entry in Ralph Gary's "Following in Lincoln's Footsteps".... I'm thinking this is a town worthy of a more thorough visit in general.
Anyway, we drove around a bit after seeing the final resting place of Ann Rutledge.
The town has a very nice courthouse area, surrounded by some interesting businesses. There were some antique shops, a brew house/restaurant, and a cool drug store (more on those later).
I kept thinking that the square was a bookstore and coffee shop away from being perfect in my books.
Petersburg has some pop along with it's history. The locals were nice and friendly too. This is a town worthy of a lot more hype than it currently gets.
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