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

• Wabash College donates Illinois Gov. Yates' papers to Lincoln Presidential Library

• Abraham Lincoln Down Under

• 'Spooktacular Evening with Abe' Oct. 18 at presidential museum

• Signature embroidery day for Lindsay quilt Oct. 20

• 'Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency' author Guy Fraker to speak at Old State Capitol Oct. 16

• 'The Yellow Wallpaper' returns to Vachel Lindsay Home Oct. 13

• Soldiers' Aid Society event Saturday at Old State Capitol

• Lincoln's ties to agriculture & higher education reflected in new artifact display at presidential museum

• Illinois and the Korean War, October 1952

• Candlelight Walk at Lincoln’s New Salem Oct. 5 & 6

• What if Lincoln kept a diary? Biographer to speak Oct. 2 at presidential museum

• 'The Fiery Trial: Civil War Stories by Candlelight' to be presented at 6 Springfield historic sites

• Tickets on sale for 'The Heavens are Hung in Black' at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum

• 'Poets in the Parlor' Saturday at Vachel Lindsay Home to feature Maureen Flannery

• 'A Call to Arms' Sept. 22 at Old State Capitol

• Dan Tackett Bluegrass Jam comes to Railsplitting Festival

• 'Civil War Saturdays' starting at Old State Capitol

• 'The Jury in Lincoln's America' book discussion Sept. 20 at presidential museum

• John A. 'Black Jack' Logan program Tuesday at presidential library

• John Pope is Civil War 'General of the Month' at Old State Capitol

• Battle of Antietam program Sept. 13 at presidential museum

• 150th anniversary: Emancipation Proclamation goes on display today at Lincoln Presidential Museum

• Lincoln's New Salem Traditional Music & Bluegrass Festival Friday & Saturday

• 'Spirits of the Civil War' Saturday at Lincoln Tomb

• Tourism announces Fall Farm Day to be Sept. 9

• Mary Todd Lincoln's extravagances on display at Lincoln Presidential Museum

• 'Best New Downtown Event' returns to Springfield

• Mary Lincoln to be retried on insanity charges Sept. 24 and Oct. 1

• Lincoln Presidential Museum welcomes 3 millionth visitor

• Votes sought on entries for presidential library volunteer calendar