Photo of the Day

No. 432

Woodford County Circuit Court, Metamora, Illinois, 1868, where Lincoln served as a circuit lawyer.

By 1857, any decency in Roswell Goings had long disappeared under the weight of advanced age, infirmity, and the generous consumption of alcohol.

Roswell could walk only a little, so he ran his farm in Woodford County, Illinois, from a chair most of the time.