Abraham Lincoln

The motto over the commission's names comes from Lincoln's annual message of December 1862, where thinking anew answers the dogmas of the quiet past. Robert Russin, a University of Wyoming art professor, modeled the head deliberately rough and had it cast in Mexico City in more than thirty bronze pieces bolted together, the money put up by the Rawlins physician Charles W. Jeffrey. It was unveiled on October 18, 1959 at Sherman Summit, the Lincoln Highway's high point, and moved here when Interstate 80 opened. The bronze also casts six commission members and governors.

What the plaque says

"We must think anew and act anew" Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865 This monument commemorates the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's birth by the State of Wyoming in 1959. Wyoming State Parks Commission

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Vedauwoo — 6.3 mi
  Knobs of 1.4-billion-year-old granite between Laramie and Cheyenne, rough as sandpaper and famous among climbers for its wide cracks.

More markers nearby

• Henry B. Joy Monument — steps away
• Telephone Canyon — steps away
• Lonetree on the Laramie Range — 8.5 mi
• Tree in the Rock — 8.5 mi