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

• 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:

• Logan County Fair

• Illinois State Fair
  Aug. 12-21, 2011

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
  Aug. 26-28, 2011

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival
  Sept. 16-18, 2011

• Past fairs and festivals

Other tourism and historical links:

• Central Illinois tourism

• Enjoy Illinois

• Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

• Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society

• Maps

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

• Parks

• Route 66:

• Illinois Route 66

• Historic Route 66 -- Illinois

• Route 66 -- Atlanta

• Recreation

• Transportation

Recent articles

• Tourism bureau annual showcase to feature Mark McDonald

• Tourism bureau celebrates honorees

• Spring wildflowers of Elkhart Hill -- dinner-lecture on April 15

• 'Gov. Oglesby and Lincoln' theme for Elkhart's dinner-lecture March 25

• 'Up in Smoke on the Square' coming to art and balloon fest

• Route 66 Association of Ill. Hall of Fame banquet here June 11

• 5th annual Route 66 Garage Sale set May 13-14

• Elkhart's Route 66 -- a trip down memory lane

• Lincoln birthday celebrations around Logan County

• Lincoln's birthday at Postville Feb. 5

• Civil War the topic of Jan. 28 event in Elkhart

• Elkhart Historical Society announces 2011 dinner-lecture dates

• Elkhart Historical Society 2011 calendars available

• Looking for Lincoln community meeting planned

• 150th anniversary Lincoln election events Nov. 6

• Car show, music at The Mill this Saturday

• Interpretive signs to be dedicated Saturday

• Plenty to do during National Railsplitting Festival

  • Civil War Ball

  • Captain Bogardus Trap Shoot

  • Storytellers Mike Anderson & Brian 'Fox' Ellis

  • ICMA performances

  • 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment encampment

• Fall Farm Day featured stop: J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator

• Railsplitting Festival features new and annual events

• 2010 Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival best ever
  Chamber president gives thanks to all involved

• Preparations for best art and balloon fest ever near completion

• Genealogy the topic of Elkhart's September dinner lecture presentation

• Historic Elkhart Hill tours Sept. 25

• Agencies moving Logan County forward through tourism and business development
  Art & Balloon Festival, tourism and partnership activities

• Presidential library and museum volunteer training starts Sept. 1

• Postville Courthouse, where Abraham Lincoln practiced law, hosts 1800s Craft Fair

• Presidential library acquires David Herbert Donald collection

• Tourism funds requests must be in by Aug. 20

• 4th of July activities in Lincoln planned

• Gettysburg Address returns to presidential museum July 1

• Lincoln-related activities slated for July 16-17 in Elkhart

• Lewis A. Barrick to be inducted into Route 66 Hall of Fame

• World's Largest Covered Wagon named No. 1 Roadside Attraction in America by Reader's Digest

• New 'Looking for Lincoln' guide maps 215 wayside Lincoln exhibits in Illinois, 6 in Logan County

• Presidential museum admission prices will increase July 1 for most visitors

• History of railway celebrated in Lincoln

• Lincoln, Main Street to host National Train Day on Saturday

• Tourism bureau hosts annual dinner

• Tourism bureau to host annual celebration April 25

• Learn about the fascinating world of birds
  Elkhart Historical Society presentation

• Reservation deadline Monday for 'Wildflower Nature Walk Weekends' in Elkhart

• Route 66 Garage Sale to be bigger than ever

• Elkhart plans 'Wildflower Nature Walk Weekends' in April

• Railsplitter Covered Wagon rededication

• Additional activities slated for Elkhart March 12 event

• Mount Pulaski planning 175th birthday celebration

• Bicentennial time capsule to be sealed Feb. 12 at presidential library

• Lincoln VFW adds to area Abraham Lincoln celebrations

• Birthday observance Saturday at Postville Courthouse

• Elkhart to host 'Tales of Hog Marches and Cattle Kings' March 12

• Postville Courthouse Abraham Lincoln birthday celebration Feb. 6

• Taper Collection items of famous Lincoln memorabilia at presidential museum Feb. 10-15

• Volunteer training at presidential library complex

• Lecture series to complement Elkhart tours in 2010

• Illinois professional photographers to document 'Day in the Life of Lincoln'

• Tourism director looks back on 2009 accomplishments

• Postville Courthouse State Historic Site announces Dec. 5 open house

• Postville Courthouse chimney questions probed

• 2010 Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival pin design contest

• Elkhart Hill historical tours on Sept. 26

• National Railsplitting Festival in Lincoln features new and returning events

• Fall festivals in Atlanta and Mount Pulaski this weekend

• Local event planned to promote development of 'Route 66 Trail'

• Route 66 signage going up in Logan County

• Best Western grand opening celebrated in Lincoln
  Work of Patel family extolled and visions of benefits the motel brings told

• Covered wagon on the move!

• Media gets tour of new Lincoln Center at Lincoln College
  Opening set for the end of this year

• Spirits of... Lincoln in Lincoln tours return this weekend

• Chamber announces exciting changes to the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival

• The Mill 2.0: Federal funds allow next step in restoration

• 3rd annual Fall Farm Day in Logan County features wind farm tour

• Drama about Mary Lincoln to be performed Saturday at Old State Capitol

• Get in the spirit with a 'ghostwalk' tour through downtown Lincoln

• The Civil War and country music at the presidential museum

• Middletown 4th of July celebrates Abe's 200th

• Logan Railsplitting Association in high demand as central Illinois events honor bicentennial

• 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