Article: Lincoln's 200th birthday nears.

Byline: Keith Lawrence

Feb. 12--If Abraham Lincoln ever set foot in Owensboro, he kept it to himself. But the future president, who grew up 30 miles north of Owensboro, did float by the city on a flatboat bound for New Orleans in 1828. That connection -- and the proximity of Lincoln sites in Hancock County and in Spencer County, Ind. -- may be enough to bring some tourist dollars to town as the nation celebrates Lincoln's 200th birthday on Feb. 12, 2009. The national birthday party begins in February 2008 and continues through February 2010. "We're hoping to bring tourists in by the busload," Melissa Miller, executive director of the Spencer County ...

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