Elkhart Historical Society - Elkhart, Illinois

Elkhart Historical Society
Elkhart, Illinois

September and October, 2010
Elkhart Historical Society Events

September 24 - "What's in a Name?"

Mike Starasta, director of the McKinstry Library at Lincoln College, will be the featured speaker. Starasta is an experienced genealogist, with expertise on researching archives, and using libraries, genealogical websites, genealogical databases and local organizations to develop family trees.

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Mike Starasta, director of McKinstry Library at Lincoln College

Bob McCue conducts Hill Tour

September 25 - Historic Elkhart Hill Tours

The final public tours of Elkhart Hill in 2010 will be Saturday, September 25. The tour includes historical and political sites, Elkhart and Latham cemeteries, and will stop at the Governor Oglesby mausoleum and the Captain Bogardus grave site.

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October 22 - "Elkhart Hill: A Historical Perspective" Dinner Lecture Presentation

Have you ever wondered why Elkhart Hill dominates the Logan County landscape? Paul Lee will explore the geologic processes that "kame" together to form the hill and answer your questions about local geology.

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Geologist Paul Lee

October 23 - "Elkhart-Little Village, Big Stories" Tour

A new tour experience, "Elkhart - Little Village, Big Stories," is a wagon ride tour through the village with humorous folklore about Elkhart's people, places and things.

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The Route 66 town of Elkhart, Illinois (Logan County) is the home of the 1915 John P. Gillett Memorial Bridge. The bridge was included in Landmarks Illinois' 2005 ten most endangered historic places in Illinois list. The Elkhart Historical Society was responsible for the preservation and restoration of the arch bridge, and it is now considered stabilized. The bridge is located on County Road 10, just east of downtown Elkhart.