Bostic Lincoln Center Holiday Hours

The museum will be closed:

•  Thursday, December 24
•  Friday, December 25
•  Saturday, December 26
•  Thursday, December 31
•  Friday, January 1

Tours to Lincoln Hill can be arranged in advance by contacting the Bostic Lincoln Center.  See the Contacts tab for details.

The Mid-Summer Mystery on Puzzle Creek on July 18 was a big success drawing over 60 attendees to the museum to listen to John McKinsey and visit with all of our event participants.  John stayed throughout the afternoon autographing books and we were also fortunate to have Edith Edwards and Black Pearl Farms participate offering their fine farm produce and goodies. 

Museum volunteers also hosted fresh lemonade, savory and sweet hors d’ouevres and featured delicious goodies from the Munchie Town Bakery in Spindale.

Lydia Clontz, Vice President, The Bostic Lincoln Center, Inc., introduces guest author and speaker, John McKinsey.  

Standing next to Lydia are Board Members Catherine Washburn (on left) and Sara Johnston (on right).

Author John McKinsey addresses the event attendees and discusses his life’s passion to become

an author and his fascination with the mysteries surrounding President Abraham Lincoln.

John McKinsey’s The Lincoln Secret

John’s new fiction novel is a  modern-day, mystery-adventure fiction novel featuring a woman caught up in the suspenseful and fast-moving search for answers to real historical mysteries about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. 

Great for summer reading, the novel is based on John’s extensive historical research about Lincoln’s life.  One of the mysteries involves Lincoln’s origins right here in North Carolina! 

More details regarding this latest work of fiction can be found at the book's website.

Annis Ward Jackson's historical novel, Into The Twilight.
 

Following a successful book signing at the museum, Jackson’s book is available in the Bostic Lincoln Center Musuem or directly from the author (see details below).

Over the past one hundred and fifty years, Lincoln biographers have largely ignored the generational lore of Lincoln's North Carolina connection.  Jackson has extracted a sequence of events from this vast body of lore and along with her researched historical and societal matters, has created an enjoyable and intriguing story that readers may have difficulty accepting as anything but the truth.  Jackson gives life to the story of Lincoln's North Carolina roots by allowing the characters to speak in their own voices. 

Into The Twilight traces Lincoln's real father from his beginnings in Charleston, SC, to the mountains of Rutherford County in 1780.  As realistically as the relationships are portrayed, the descriptions of daily life in the late eighteenth century are equally important to the story.  Ms. Jackson will be in the museum to discuss her book as well as to sign your personal copy!

Into The Twilight (200 pp) can be ordered directly from
  SunnyBrick Publishers
  1357 Brown Road
  Sparta, NC  28675
for $19.95 + $3.00 S&H.  Check or Money Order only.  Autographed upon request.
 

With the generous support of the Town of Bostic, the BLC continues to collect, research, catalog and maintain exhibits in its museum. Over 1200 visitors have enjoyed the museum during our first year.  New books and note cards are available!

Stop by and visit today!
 

See the February 2009 issue of WNC (Western North Carolina Magazine) for another article featuring the Bostic Lincoln Center, Inc.

The article titled “Presidential Debate” appeared in the magazine’s “Guideposts Section: For Timely Tidbits & Newsy Snippets.”

The article explores the generational lore of the story of Nancy Hanks and the birth of her son, Abraham Lincoln, in Rutherford County.

The February 2009 issue of Our State magazine, featured the Bostic Lincoln Center in a story entitled, "The Museum Doubt Built," by Charles Blackburn, Jr.

This article has generated much interest in the Museum and has added many more signatures to the DNA petition.  Visitors are stopping by each week from all over North Carolina.  Make your plans to stop by today!

We need your help!
Sign our online petition to persuade the US Government
to verify Lincoln's paternity by DNA testing.

Please click the link and sign the petition now!