September-December events
From the community calendar compiled by the Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County

• Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County

• Logan County communities:

• Atlanta, Illinois

• Elkhart, Illinois

• Lincoln, Illinois

• Mount Pulaski, Illinois

• Looking for Lincoln committees:

• Elkhart

• Lincoln

• Mount Pulaski

• Central Illinois

• State historic sites:

  • Mount Pulaski Courthouse

  • Postville Courthouse

  • Postville Courthouse volunteers

• Museums:

  • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

  • Heritage In Flight Museum

  • J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator and Museum

  • Lincoln College Museum

  • Under the Prairie Museum

• Local attractions and sites

• Logan County historical landmarks

• Old Gillett Farm

• Sites to see

• 'Walking on the Path of Abraham Lincoln' -- A walking tour of historic Lincoln, Ill.

Annual events:

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest and Crafts Festival
  Sept. 15-17, 2006

• Illinois State Fair
  Aug. 11-20, 2006

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
  Aug. 25-27, 2006

• Lincoln Heritage Days
  June 29-July 4

• Logan County Fair
  Aug. 1-6, 2006

• Past fairs and festivals

Other tourism and historical links:

• Central Illinois tourism

• Enjoy Illinois

• Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society

• Maps

• Mr. Lincoln, Route 66, and Other Highlights of Lincoln, Illinois

• Parks

• Route 66:

• Route 66 - Atlanta

• Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project

• Historic Route 66 - Illinois

• Recreation

• Transportation

Feature articles

• During the Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest and Crafts Festival:

• Bob Church, surveyor, returns

• Old-time 'base ball' to be featured

• Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society to host cemetery walk

• Logan Railsplitting Association and Lincoln Sportsmen's Club to host trap shoot

• Bethel School to host open house

• Free bluegrass concert

• Mystery Ink Productions to perform 'Mr. Lincoln and the Lost Client'

• Civil War ball to kick off the Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest and Crafts Festival

• Illinois Arborist Association to host tree program during the Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest and Crafts Festival

• Caterpillar to be recruiting at the Railsplitter Festival

• 36th annual Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest and Crafts Festival unveils new events

• Public invited to 'Cast Iron Tombstone Trial'

• State historic sites return to five-day-per-week schedule after Labor Day

• Armington Harvest Day Festival set

• New word to describe Havana's Oktoberfest: 'romantic'

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival kicks off

• 2006 is the 'Year of the Museum'
  People encouraged to visit and appreciate local cultural attractions

• Postville Courthouse, where Abraham Lincoln practiced law, hosts 1840s craft fair

• 20,000-year-old mammoth tusk and tooth found north of Lincoln
  11-foot-long woolly mammoth tusk now on display at the Illinois State Museum

• Veterans enjoy day of tribute at the Illinois State Fair

• Lincoln College Museum announces Grand Soiree date and auction items

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest and Crafts Festival unveils new events

• Illinois first lady Patricia Blagojevich dedicates Springfield's Union Square Park

• Twilight Parade opens 2006 Illinois State Fair

• Illinois' war heroes to be honored during Veterans' Day at the Illinois State Fair

• World Shooting and Recreational Complex hosts Grand American

• C-SPAN's 'American Presidents: Life Portraits' exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library July 18-Aug. 24

• Lincoln Heritage Days celebration
  June 29-July 4

• Fall internship opportunities available at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
  Students can gain hands-on experience in a variety of departments

• Route 66 Motor Tour comes through Logan County with Lincoln stop

• Elkhart open house

• Public invited to newly restored Bethel School
  Open house at rural Emden

• New exhibit at Lincoln College Museum
  June 29-Sept. 17

• Main Street Lincoln 'Puttin' on the Dog' for fifth annual Dog Daze of Summer
  Lincoln's pooches and owners ready for a howling good time

• Illinois properties listed in National Register of Historic Places
  Route 66 sites, properties in Chicago, Hinsdale, Lake Forest, Will County and Litchfield make prestigious listing

• More state historic sites begin daily operations

• Happy Wiener Fest

• Main Street Lincoln celebrates National Preservation Month

• ALPLM exhibit on first ladies

• New features at this year's Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest & Crafts Festival Sept. 15-17

• Exit here! Tourism starts signage campaign