Read these passages about abraham lincoln. he removed from kentucky to what is now spencer county, indiana, in my eighth year. we reached our new home about the time the state came in the union. it was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. –“1859 autobiographical statement for the chester county times” a spirit of restlessness, a love of adventure, a longing for new scenes, and possibly the hope of improving his condition, led thomas lincoln to abandon the rock spring farm, in the fall of 1816, and begin life over again in the wilds of southern indiana. the way thither lay through unbroken country and was beset with difficulties. often the travellers were obliged to cut their road as they went. –the every-day life of abraham lincoln, francis fisher browne based on these two sources, what was indiana like when lincoln moved there? it had many farms and roads. was beautiful and inviting. it had steep mountains and cliffs. it was rugged and untamed.