LOGAN  COUNTY, IL.

Famous & Interesting ... folks ... places ... events

IL 8th Judical Circuit of 1850's - law was brought by carriage & horseback to 14 counties

William Scully and the Scully Estates of Logan County,IL.

Al Capone frequented bars in Logan Co.

1900 Republican Rally in Mt. Pulaski - McKinley, Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller, etc.

Lawrence Beaumont  Stringer - Judge, Lawyer, Politician

Rt. 66 roadway oasis

Wright Model EX biplane, christened the Vin Fiz, flying across America via Middletown, IL.

Jabez Capps, a tri- founder of Mt.Pulaski

A.H. Bogardus, professional hunter, inventor, and legendary sharpshooting performer

Mt. Pulaski Courthouse - Logan Co. seat 1848 - 1855

 

                                1910 Wright Bi-plane race  Lincoln-Douglas debates   Illinois Tavern Postville Courthouse Hoblit Carriage House  Dunlap HouseVaughn De Leath IL Terminal RR     Scully Buildin  USS Abraham Lincoln  (CVN-72)

    

Dick Romer Horologist

Paul Beaver Historian Emeritus Lincoln College

2011 Abraham Lincoln book by Paul Beaver

Darold Leigh Henson Award-winning webmaster

Judge David Davis 8th Judicial Circuit

William Maxwell Author

James Hickey Historian, Curator Il. State Historical Society

Hal Holbrook Lincoln College Commencement

Dr. Herbert Ryman WWI Hero

Bill Donath President & Researcher LCGHS

Ron Keller Author/scholar

Michael Scully Descendant & caretaker of mammoth  Scully acreage

                                     Lincoln College during 2020 COVID                          Mary Todd "whisperings"         Capt. Bogardus         historian Paul Gleason            Darrell Wibben with his Dulcimer              author Hoke Beidle