On this episode of Our American Stories, before he became America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln had another claim to fame: he was one of the toughest men on the Illinois frontier.
When a local champion named Jack Armstrong challenged the young Lincoln to a wrestling match, the showdown became the stuff of legend. Wrestling historian Mike Chapman, author of The Sport of Lincoln, shares the forgotten story of the bout that made "Honest Abe" a hometown hero long before he entered the White House.
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