Lincoln's Ghost: Legends & Lore
Garret L. Moffett is the owner and creator of Springfield Walks in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln's Ghost Walk is the most popular tour offered by Springfield Walks. No other walking tour in the country is dedicated to the strange history and ghostly tales surrounding Lincoln's life and death. Moffett's book, Lincoln's Ghost:Legends & Lore is based on that tour which won a 2006 award for the Best Heritage Tourism Promotion in Springfield. The tour has subsequently received numerous acelades in magazines and news articles across the country including the New York Times which rated the Lincoln's Ghost Walk as Springfield's third best activity behind visits to the Lincoln home and Presidential Museum. In Moffett's hometown of Macomb, Illinois he served the community as a steward of local history by working with various organizations to preserve local history. Moffett served as vice-president of the Western Illinois Regional Museum and served as president of the Community Quality of Life Historical Task Force for two years each. He's also contributed to numerous news articles and publications. Moffett's historical walking tours in Macomb received several local awards and in 2004 Moffett took the top honor in the State of Illinois winning the prestigious Illinois Main Street for Downtown Historical Revitalization. Moffett became known for his dramatic style of storytelling that captivates and holds the attention of his listeners by combining his knowledge of history, bizarre facts, and ghostly tales to draw his listeners into his stories. With the opening of the Lincoln Presidential Museum Moffett left Macomb for Springfield, Illinois to create Springfield Walks and the Lincoln's Ghost Walk: Legends & Lore. Moffett has since created other walking tours in Springfield, but the Lincoln's Ghost Walk continues today to create a buzz amongst the tourists every summer.