#fort stevens

[thecorpsofrediscovery]

Coastal Bog Fort Stevens, Oregon - November 16, 2024 Photographer: Chris Rummel

[deadpresidents]

Two questions about Lincoln.

1. I heard he used to lift half tons over his shoulder when he worked as rail splitter but I'm not sure if that's real or not. Do you know if it is real?

2. I heard that Lincoln was visiting a fort that had an attack while he was visiting but I can't recall where nor when it happened can you help with that please?

Love your blog been following for years

First of all, thanks for following and I appreciate the message! 1. In his early years, Lincoln definitely performed quite a bit of physical labor that required heavy-lifting, but a half ton is 1,000 pounds. Even though he was, by nearly all accounts, incredibly strong and, at 6'4" tall he was powerfully built (remarkably so for that time period), that's still a ridiculous amount of weight for any human to lift. The story of Lincoln lifting that much weight actually came from Lincoln's friend and law partner, William Herndon, who is a major source of information about Lincoln's life before the Presidency and in Springfield. Herndon wrote that he had personally witnessed the feat of strength (in fact, Herndon puts the weight at between 1,000 and 1,300 pounds). I just don't see how it was possible. I looked up the record for the deadlift and it was set at a little over 1,100 pounds at one of those World Strongest Man competitions. Lincoln undoubtedly had impressive physical strength and probably had that "country strength" that is hard to measure, but I feel like Herndon had to have been exaggerating about that particular feat, even if it wasn't completely apocryphal.

2. The story about the fort is from Lincoln's visit to Fort Stevens, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., where the President actually witnessed a battle on July 12, 1864. The story told over the years is that as Lincoln was watching the battle from the heights of a parapet in the fort, Confederate snipers took some shots at him. It's been said that Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., a young officer in the Union Army who would later become one of the longest-serving Supreme Court Justices in history (1902-1932), yelled, "Get down, you damn fool!" to the President. While Lincoln did witness the battle and was urged to get out of the dangerous firing range of the Confederate troops, it almost certainly wasn't Holmes who yelled at the President.

[theinternetisaweboflies]

Coffenbury Lake at Fort Stevens State Park

[jelrix]

Went to the Fort Steven Park in Oregon. Hung out at the creepy haunted bunker at dusk.

One of the rooms was really freaking me out, so I left to go find my partner. (Didn't have my flashlight on). Came back in only to find that my name was written on the wall with spray paint. But like, the nickname version that only my close friends use. Creeped me the fuck out.

[ancientstarrydynamo]

The Peter Iredale

[williammarksommer]

Fort Stevens 

Oregon

Abandoned West

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Tmax 400iso

[illusionstravels]

wreck of the peter iredale, hammond, oregon

[otphotography]

Days Bygone

Peter Iredale Shipwreck - Fort Stevens State Park, OR