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David Hedrick - IHPA legacy

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Abstract

Interview Session 01 (Audio)

Career at DNR, and early years at New Salem

Interview Session 02 (Audio)

Site manager for historic New Salem

Transcript

Photos

Caption:
David Hedrick, top left, poses with brothers Jim, Paul, Jerry, and sister Jane, circa 1959, in front of an old covered wagon.

Where:
Unknown

When:
circa 1959

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

Caption:
In 1980, David poses with Warren Masten, Eileen Altig, and Rick Welchans, assistants at the New Salem Historic Site. David was the site superintendent.

Where:
New Salem Historic Site

When:
1980

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

Caption:
In 1992, David, site manager, poses with Eileen Altig, assistant site manager, at the dedication of the new Visitor Center at Lincoln New Salem.

Where:
New Salem

When:
1992

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

Caption:
A group of reenactors in 2006 man a reproduction of the type of flatboat Lincoln would have used in his New Salem days, at the historic village of New Salem.

Where:
New Salem

When:
2006

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo



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