For information on special events, check the community calendar compiled by the
Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County.

• Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County

• Logan County communities:

• Atlanta

• Elkhart

• Lincoln

• Mount Pulaski

• Looking for Lincoln:

• Central Illinois

• Lincoln

• Mount Pulaski

• 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:

• Lincoln Heritage Days
  July 2-4, 2009

• Logan County Fair
  Aug. 4-9, 2009

• Illinois State Fair
  Aug. 14-23, 2009

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
  Aug. 28-30, 2009

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival
  Sept. 18-20, 2009

• Past fairs and festivals

Other tourism and historical links:

• Central Illinois tourism

• Enjoy Illinois

• Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

• 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

Recent articles

• Elkhart Hill historical tours July 18

• A guide to this weekend's Route 66 Garage Sale event

• Mill to get spotlight during Route 66 weekend

• Historic Illinois Route 66's Palms Grill Café reopens May 28
  New Web site kicks off summer on the 'Mother Road'

• Historic Palms Grill Café has ribbon-cut
  Route 66 iconic business reopens

• Several historic sites to be open 7 days per week

• Food drive to create Lincoln-themed structures at presidential library April 27-May 3

• Tourism bureau dinner features Lincoln bicentennial theme

• Civil War 'tableau vivant' at presidential museum

• Lincoln, Ill., on CNN video

• Mount Pulaski students get lessons on their city’s rich heritage

• Abraham Lincoln and Logan County

• Candlelight parade in Springfield for Abe

• Lincoln, Ill., to be on CNN Thursday

• Happy birthday, Abe! State marks Lincoln's 200th

• Plenty to do locally as we approach Abe's birthday

• Putting a stamp of approval on Lincoln

• Ford's Theatre drama 'One Destiny' at presidential museum Feb. 11-13

• Rare opportunity: Three key Lincoln documents to be displayed at presidential museum
  Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery

• Abe's 200th birthday American flag will be given to random recipient

• Local February events scheduled for Lincoln birthday

• Special Lincoln events hosted by presidential library and museum

• Shirley Bartelmay and volunteers save Postville Courthouse -- twice

• 'Lincoln in Lincoln' painting unveiling scheduled Thursday at Lincoln College

• Authors to present special programs leading up to Lincoln's 200th birthday

• 1860s ball on Lincoln's Birthday open to public