"A part of Jim Bolin's end goal for the Big Things project is to help not only Casey, but neighboring towns as well. At one time, there was a lot of traffic on The National Road that connected Casey to Marshall," the Big Things in a Small Town says.



"The construction of Interstate 70 caused many small towns along the old route to suffer economically. The tourism created by the World Record items have given Casey a second chance, and Jim would love to see a revitalization of other communities through tourism.

"He believes that we are stronger together. In the spirit of this idea, the World's Largest Gavel was placed at the courthouse in Marshall. The Gavel is not the first project to join our neighboring communities together, and the hope is that we will continue to work together so that visitors will want to experience all that Clark County has to offer."

"The gavel was created by the creator of the world’s largest items in Casey, Illinois and will honor those that have gone before as well as those that are to come in the name of justice. The gavel is 36” in diameter, 61” height, and 16’6” in length and made of Red Oak," the City of Marshall, Illinois says.

"The Clark County Courthouse has a rich history of well-known historical figures practicing law there. The most famous was Abraham Lincoln. He was a frequent visitor of Marshall during his circuit riding days and developed some lifelong friendships in the town. Col.

"William B. Archer was a member of the Illinois delegation to the 1856 Republican National Convention and addressed the group following Lincoln’s nomination for vice-president on the William C. Fremont ticket.  Abraham Lincoln defended William D. Davis at Clark County Courthouse in Marshall on July 1st and 2nd in 1850."

"Illinois is now home to the world's largest gavel. It was unveiled this weekend, outside the Clark County Courthouse in Marshall, just over the border from Terre Haute, Indiana,"  the ABC7 Chicago says.

"The gavel is sixty-six feet high, seventeen feet long and thirty-six feet wide and is made out of Oak.

"The giant gavel honors the long legal history at the Clark County courthouse. It's one of the places where Abraham Lincoln practiced law, before becoming president."

"Big things creator Jim Bolin started creating world’s largest versions of everyday things in order to drive tourism to his hometown of Casey, Illinois,"  the Silly America says.



"But he didn’t want to stop there. Case in point: when it came time to place this larger than life mallet, he looked to Marshall, a neighboring town where several historical figures, including Abraham Lincoln, once practiced law.

"The giant gavel is smoothly carved out of Red Oak and measures 5 feet 1 inch tall and 16 feet 8 inches long. It was unveiled at the Clark County Courthouse on June 1, 2018 and officially certified by Guinness World Records as world’s largest on September 28, 2019."

"The world's largest gavel is now on display in Illinois. It was unveiled Friday outside the Clark County Courthouse in Marshall.

"It stands 66 ft. high, 17 ft. long and 36 ft. wide. The giant gavel was built to honor the long legal history of the Clark County Courthouse," the News Channel ABC 20 says.

"Although he obviously loves his hometown, Bolin’s generosity is as big as his signature creations: According to the local tourism board, “The tourism created by the World Record items have given Casey a second chance, and Jim [Bolin] would love to see a revitalization of other communities through tourism. He believes that we are stronger together,” the Roadtrippers says.

"Thanks to Bolin, the 12th World’s Largest item in Casey isn’t actually in Casey—located 20 miles east at a courthouse in Marshall, Illinois, you’ll find a nearly 17-foot-long, 5-foot-high gavel, designated the World’s Largest in 2019."

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