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 30-Aug. 4, 2013

• Illinois State Fair
  Aug. 8-18, 2013

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
  Aug. 23-25, 2013

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival
  Sept. 20-22, 2013

• 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

• 3 Logan County groups receive Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition grants

• White houses, dark emotions
  Historian to speak at Lincoln Presidential Museum on how Civil War White Houses, both North and South, mourned after tragedies

• Young cavalry leader named Old State Capitol 'General of the Month'

• Union Pacific executive joins board of Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation

• Illinois' 1st electric vehicle cruise-in June 8 in Atlanta

• Dugger family from '19 Kids and Counting' to visit Lincoln

• Palms Grill & Atlanta awarded, recognized & promoted at Illinois Governor's Conference on Tourism

• It's all in the 'Details'
  Dana-Thomas House offers new 'Attention to Detail' tours to give visitors more insight into Wright’s genius

• Illinois and the Korean War, March 1953

• 'Puttin' on the Ritz' for a good cause at David Davis Mansion

• Lincoln Presidential Museum rolls out red carpet for Oscars

• Abraham Lincoln at your fingertips

• Lincoln and Herndon in Mount Pulaski for birthday celebration

• Lincoln Presidential Museum gives visitors a bargain on 'Civil War Sundays'

• Old State Capitol to host Chicago Bar Association's chorus and orchestra

• Veterans to honor memory of President Lincoln

• Vachel Lindsay Home offers workshop on performing poetry

• Illinois and the Korean War, February 1953

• U.S. poet laureate to speak at Lincoln Presidential Museum Feb. 7

• Making history come alive in Logan County through site interpreters

• Historic Logan County courthouses to observe Abraham Lincoln's birthday Feb. 9

• Lincoln's famed hat on display to mark 204th birthday

• Illinois history agency expands public outreach through social media

• New phase of 'Boys in Blue' exhibit opens at Lincoln Presidential Museum

• Authors to speak Wednesday and Thursday at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum

• New article explores Illinois' mixed reaction to Emancipation Proclamation

• Celebrating Illinois' French roots at Lincoln Log Cabin

• Author to be at Lincoln Presidential Museum to discuss 'Fall of the House of Dixie'

• At the movies with Abe and Oscar
  Film experts, including Chicago Tribune critic, to discuss 'Lincoln' movie

• New year means new savings for families visiting Lincoln Presidential Museum

• Illinois and the Korean War, January 1953