However, what’s now one of Lincoln’s most famous statues, “Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight,” wasn’t placed until 1970, long after many statues of the statesman had been raised in other U.S. states. Fred M. Torrey, born and raised in Fairmont, West Virginia, had moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and became famous worldwide for his Lincoln statues, though Bing wouldn’t realize that until her correspondence with Torrey had commenced. Torrey told Bing that he had been inspired by a reading of the 1914 poem by Vachel Lindsay, “Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight,” and in 1933, had unveiled a statue based on the piece.