Petersburg Illinois

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.