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Lincoln’s rail splitter displayed at state museum

By Wes Martin | Published on in Uncategorized

CaptureThe Indiana State Museum is displaying for the first time what’s being referred to as the rail-splitter’s rail splitter. It’s a mallet that a young Abraham Lincoln used in his father’s furniture shop in southern Indiana’s Spencer County. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Wes Martin reports.

Photo provided by the Indiana State Museum