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

• What does America owe its veterans?
  'Those Who Have Borne the Battle' author to speak Nov. 14 at Lincoln Presidential Museum

• Poet program Saturday at Vachel Lindsay Home to feature the Lindsay-Masters relationship

• Papers of Abraham Lincoln receives $300,000 matching grant

• Wright fright: Halloween event Oct. 27 at Dana-Thomas House

• Civil War Saturdays at Old State Capitol continue with Civil War Camping and Cooking Day

• Richard Oglesby is the Civil War 'General of the Month' at Old State Capitol

• 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