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

• 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

• Civil War Ball
  Sept. 20, 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

• Many Illinois historic sites extend hours
  6 sites to operate 7 days a week

• Landmarks Illinois welcomes Frank Butterfield as director of Springfield office

• Illinois lawmakers collaborate in Historic Preservation Caucus to protect state heritage

• Landmarks Illinois announces 'Ten Most Endangered Historic Places' for 2013

• Illinois and the Korean War, May 1953

• Down on the farm, 1800s style
  Antique Farm Show Saturday at Lincoln's New Salem

• Delavan Civil War Days Saturday and Sunday

• Tourism director announces resignation

• Route 66 will anchor weekend of activities in Logan County

• J-R Culinary Partners to take over management of Palms Grill

• 24-hour vigil at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  15 Medal of Honor recipients to join vigil

• Lincoln Presidential Museum explores one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles

• Elkhart welcomes all for spring weekends through April

• Part of 'lost' Lincoln sarcophagus on display at his tomb

• Historic sites to mark Lincoln anniversary with ceremony, play

• Lincoln Presidential Library chronicles girls basketball through oral histories

• Taking another look at Gov. Otto Kerner
  Conference on April 13 will go beyond corruption charges to examine accomplishments in mental health, education, civil rights

• Lincoln collection donated to presidential library

• Tourism bureau continues planning for the future

• Personal liberty from Joseph Smith to Guantanamo
  Illinois legal experts discuss the courts' changing view over 2 centuries of the right to habeas corpus

• 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