Lincoln

Lincoln is a small town in Massachusetts and one of the many locations that Joel and Ellie come across during their journey across the United States in The Last of Us. Bill is the town's sole uninfected resident during the events of the game."Bill's Town"
== History ==
=== Background ===
Lincoln was a fairly typical small town in Amherst County, Massachusetts, established during the year 1636. The town is located a few miles north of Boston.Cinematic "What you say goes"
=== 2013-2033 ===
Immediately following the outbreak, some of the town's residents chose to flee.This is evident by looking at calendars around the town. In some homes, calendars have been left open to September 2013, while others are turned to October. Others chose to stay, believing the infection would never reach their out-of-the-way pocket of civilization.Boy's diary Some even continued going to work.Some office calendars are open to October, while others are open to September. As the pandemic worsened, all schools in Lincoln were closed on October 4 and FEDRA established an evacuation date of October 24 for Amherst County. Evacuation notices were plastered all over town with this date. Homeland security official Margaret E. Boothe, as well as General Robert E. Madison of the U.S. National Guard, co-signed the FEDRA evacuation orders. Later, the evacuation date would be changed to October 17. FEDRA would set up portable billboards around town declaring that all residents of Amherst county, and all outlying area, were required to evacuate by 8:00 PM on October 17. While other portable billboards declared Lincoln High School as the evacuation safe zone where evacuees would be processed and sent to established quarantine zones.
The high school was designated as a temporary quarantine zone under FEDRA's Mycotoxin Level 4 Containment Protocols. The gym was converted into a staging area for supplies, the parking lot turning into a processing area, and the school district's buses were used to evacuate residents. Evacuation began on the 17th as scheduled, with residents being allowed a single suitcase each. All pets were to remain behind. That morning, soldiers went door-to-door forcing residents to the evacuation zone.Note to Rachel Upon arrival, evacuees would be tested for infection and their bags inspected before being split into four groups, with each group going to a different permanent quarantine zone. Group 1 was sent to the Springfield QZ, Group 2 to the Woods Hole QZ, Group 3 to the Hartford QZ, and Group 4 to the Boston QZ. Despite the accelerated evacuation timeline, not all residents were able to evacuate. Despite attemptsDoors throughout the school can be seen sealed with vertical crossbar locks bearing FEDRA's logo. to contain the infection within the temporary QZ, the high school was lost to the infected before evacuations could be completed.
Some 20 years later, many bags and personal effects still litter the parking lot, where a number of evacuation buses remain parked. Pallets of supplies remain in the gym. Many residents who were unable to evacuate still roam the area as infected.
During that time, Bill, and his partner Frank, became the last uninfected residents of Lincoln. The pair would fortify the town, laying traps, building barricades, and setting up safe houses and weapons caches around Lincoln. Any supplies that could not be found in town, they acquired by trading with smugglers from the nearby QZs.Pills noteSmuggler noteTess' list Over time, Frank grew tired of Bill's methods of surviving, and saw an opportunity to leave in early 2033 when a military caravan passing through the town was overrun by infected and crashed a truck into the high school. Frank planned to steal the battery from the truck and fix up a car to use as transport. Through his smuggler contacts, he arranged for forged identification papers to be created in order to gain entry to the Boston QZ. Retrieving the truck battery proved fatal, as Frank was bitten multiple times by infected in the process. Frank hung himself before he could turn, leaving Bill as the sole uninfected resident of Lincoln.Note from Frank
=== Events of The Last of Us ===
Lincoln, Bill's hometown, is rigged with many deadly traps.Joystick Junky (2013-05-20). The Last of Us-Demo - Lincoln-Level. YouTube. Retrieved 2012-06-05. Many other survivors who know of Lincoln and of Bill's presence there refer to the place as Bill's town, as he is the only survivor known to live there. Frank, Bill's partner, lived there for a time before he was bitten by an infected and promptly committed suicide. Lincoln is almost completely deserted of a human population, but has an unusually large clicker population. Bill is left alone to defend "his town" from hostile humans and infected, which he seems to do quite well.
The church has been converted into an armory, stockpiled with weapons and makeshift bombs. He also sleeps here as well. A small bar is his second safehouse, stocked with supplies and parts. A chess set is also located there where Bill spends some time playing by himself.
Due to the high number of traps and makeshift fortifications, there is a low number of infected present where Bill normally patrols. However, past the gate to the graveyard there is a large number of infected, particularly at Lincoln High School. A military truck was abandoned at the school after a convoy was overrun by clickers. As Joel needed a working car and only the military still manufactured car batteries after the outbreak, Joel, Ellie, and Bill made their way to the school but found the battery was already salvaged. It would turn out that Frank managed to put the battery into a truck, but was bitten in the process and hanged himself before he could turn.
== Known inhabitants ==
*Amy Sinclair, member of the cheerleading squad at Lincoln High SchoolHigh School 
*Andres, student at Lincoln High School 
*Arnaldo, student at Lincoln High School 
*Bill
*Bob 
*Chase, student at Lincoln High School 
*Mr. Craghead, homeroom teacher of room 204 at Lincoln High School 
*Ezra 
*Frank 
*Pastor G. Betancourt, pastor of the Amherst County Church of GodBill's Town 
*Gadget 
*Mrs. Hayden, homeroom teacher of room 205 at Lincoln High School 
*JFlow, student at Lincoln High School 
*Officer Jones 
*Jorge, student at Lincoln High School 
*Jose, student at Lincoln High School 
*Sir Joseph, husband of Lady Paxton and father of Laura and William
*Kevin, student at Lincoln High School 
*La Vonce, student at Lincoln High School 
*Laura, daughter of Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton who's buried in the graveyard outside Bill's church 
*Margaret E. Boothe, member of the Department of Homeland Security mentioned in evacuation notices 
*Mr. Meador, homeroom teacher of room 103 at Lincoln High School 
*Ms. Neonakis, homeroom teacher of room 203 at Lincoln High School 
*Mr. Odella, teacher and detention supervisor at Lincoln High School 
*Pat, student at Lincoln High School 
*Paul, student at Lincoln High School 
*Lady Paxton, wife of Sir Joseph and mother of Laura and William
*Rachel 
*Ramon, student at Lincoln High School 
*Mr. Reece, principal of Lincoln High School 
*General Robert E. Madison, general of the Massachusetts National Guard mentioned in evacuation notices 
*Spencer, student at Lincoln High School 
*Ms. Topal, homeroom teacher of room 106 at Lincoln High School 
*Trevor, student at Lincoln High School 
*Vivian, student at Lincoln High School 
*Mr. Weaver, homeroom teacher of room 102 at Lincoln High School 
*William, son of Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton who's buried in the graveyard outside Bill's church 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Police cars and mandatory evacuation notice signs posted around Lincoln place the town in "Amherst County, Massachusetts". However, there is no Amherst County in Massachusetts; the real life town of is located in , which is most likely the town the game refers to, as it is relatively close to Boston.
* "Lincoln High School" has never existed in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Lincoln students attend in neighboring . Their mascot is "Warriors", not "Eagles".
== Gallery ==
Lincoln street.png|Lincoln main street
Mandatory Evacuation Order - Poster - Amherst County.jpg|Mandatory evacuation order poster establishing the original evacuation date of October 24.
Mandatory Evacuation Order - billboard - Amherst County.jpg|Mandatory evacuation order billboard, which were deployed when the evacuation date was changed to October 17.
Mandatory Evacuation Order - Evac Route - Amherst County.jpg|Sign declaring the high school as the evacuation safe zone.
Amherst County Temporary QZ.jpg|Remnants of the temporary quarantine zone operating under FEDRA's Mycotoxin Level 4 Containment Protocols.
Bus 1 Springfield.jpg|An abandoned evacuation bus originally destined for Springfield.
Bus 2 Woods Hole.jpg|An abandoned evacuation bus originally destined for Woods Hole.
Bus 3 Hartford.jpg|An abandoned evacuation bus originally destined for Hartford.
Bus 4 Boston.jpg|An abandoned evacuation bus originally destined for Boston.
== Notes ==
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