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:

  • City government

  • Mount Pulaski Township

• 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 Heritage 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
  July 31-Aug. 5, 2012

• Illinois State Fair
  Aug. 9-19, 2012

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
  Aug. 24-26, 2012

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival
  Sept. 14-16, 2012

• 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
  (Site created by D. Leigh Henson)

• Parks

• Route 66:

• Illinois Route 66

• Historic Route 66 -- Illinois

• Route 66 -- Atlanta

• Recreation

• Transportation

Recent articles

• Atlanta Betterment Fund board introduces 'Rt. 66 Reinterpreted' Art Project

• Presidential museum launching exhibit on Benito Juarez, the 'Mexican Lincoln'

• African-American Civil War heroes to be portrayed at presidential library

• Abraham Lincoln and the dilemma of alcohol
  Guy Fraker, author of 'Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency,' to discuss Lincoln's views Thursday at presidential museum

• Illinois and the Korean War, December 1952

• New 1-woman show 'Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree' to premiere during First Night Springfield

• An evening of food and song at Vachel Lindsay Home

• 25th annual Vietnam Veterans Memorial Christmas Remembrance Saturday

• 'Where history meets technology': New website brings Abraham Lincoln to the world, digitally

• 'Artist in Residence' program at Vachel Lindsay Home features Hugh Moore's paintings and music

• Presidential library obtains documents shedding new light on Mary Lincoln’s financial worries

• Details: Mary Lincoln's 'widow's fund' letters donated to presidential library & museum

• State signs agreement for Purple Heart Memorial

• Website highlights 'slave stealing' Illinois regiment

• Vachel Lindsay home celebrates author and artist's 133rd birthday

• '50 Shades of History'
  Book discussion schedule announced at presidential library

• Illinois and the Korean War, November 1952

• 'Blessings of the Table' Victorian Thanksgiving at David Davis Mansion

• Ho, ho, history
  Santa Claus through the ages exhibit opens at Lincoln Presidential Museum