“Lincoln was born on a Kentucky farm called Sinking Spring, which, a neighbor explained, was “uneven” and “disagreeable to work for farming.”82 At age two, his family moved to Knob Creek, named after the steep hills called “knobs” that surrounded it, and made the ravine dark and subject to flooding.”

“Lincoln was born on a Kentucky farm called Sinking Spring, which, a neighbor explained, was “uneven” and “disagreeable to work for farming.”82 At age two, his family moved to Knob Creek, named after the steep hills called “knobs” that surrounded it, and made the ravine dark and subject to flooding.”

— Ted Widmer