The Village of Elkhart, Il. website ELKHART  ILLINOIS  HISTORICAL  SOCiety       Wildhare Cafe website              Wildhare Cafe               Horsefeathers               The Country Bumpkin website               the Country Bumpkin            Birdsong Books & Vintage            Elkhart Station .. Elkhart Historical Society P.O. Box 255 Elkhart, IL   62634 Email: elkhart.hist.soc@gmail.com Village of Elkhart Website:    https://www.elkhartillinois.com  Elkhart Historical Society Web Site:     http://www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org  St. John's Chapel Christmas Sat Dec 2nd Candlelight Service Registration form <-- St. John's Chapel Christmas Sun Dec 3rd Candlelight Matinee Service Registration form <-- Reservations are Required & Must be made ONLY by calling 217-947-2238  between the hours of 8am and 7pm ... Starting Nov. 2nd, 2023. We take reservations in date and time order from that phone call only. Any other reservations will not be accepted. If you do not reach a live person, please leave your information on the answering machine. Be sure to leave your name, phone number, number attending, which service you plan to attend and if you are interested in a meal. You will be called back to confirm your reservation.     Note:  each membership comes with a free copy of our              2024 calendar celebrating 35 years of the Elkhart Historical Society & their contributions to Elkhart.  click here --> 2024 Membership Form <-- click on photo  Elkhart Photos           Peter Scully (deceased) & daughter with Paul Beaver (deceased) Michael Scully's (now deceased) Oral History at Lincoln Presidential Library    elkhart.hist.soc@gmail.com     Current  &  Past  Events  [click on each year, below]   2023   2022   2021   2020   2019     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2013   2012   .   John D. Gillett, whom the London Gazette dubbed The Cattle King of the World. Gillett and his grandson Hiram Keays won numerous awards at the Chicago livestock show. For many years in the late 1800's the town of Elkhart was one of the largest shipping points on the C&A (Chicago & Alton) Railroad, due to the large stock raising farms of John Dean Gillett. Noted for importing Durham cattle from Scotland  and developing the Shorthorn cattle breed, Gillett shipped over 2,000 head of cattle  and 1,000 head of hogs to Europe annually. ********* The Real Estate Empire of the John Dean Gillett Family of Elkhart, Illinois; the Gillett Great Estate Trial of 1904 at Lincoln, Illinois; and Gillett History to the Present A Collaborative, Pictorial History Book, Featuring Images of Selected, Rare Sources <click above> Renovation of Veteran Park    Donations to the Veterans Park Fund are tax deductible & can be sent to PO Box 20, Elkhart, IL 62634. To reserve space for a dinner lecture or walk for a group of six or more, you may call 217.947.2238 prior to the reservation date noted on the web site.  Payment will be accepted early for groups of 6+.  Upon confirmation of the reservation, payment must be received by EHS within SEVEN DAYS or the reservation confirmation date or the tickets will be released.   Elkhart Historical Society P.O. Box 255 Elkhart, IL   62634 elkhart.hist.soc@gmail.com Village of Elkhart Website:  https://www.elkhartillinois.com  Elkhart Historical Society Web Site:  http://www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org NEW Exploring Tourism in Logan County Web site: www.explorelogancounty.com   [note:  the autumn photo of the Elkhart Gillett-Cemetery Bridge was submitted by Elkhart photographer, Joshua Rhoades] https://www.logancoil-genhist.org/LogCoSpots/EdwardsTrace/Trace.htm   Free Visits Counter