2015 EVENTS |
CANDLELIGHT
CHAPEL
SERVICE
Sat. Dec. 5, 2015
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Harvest has been
completed as we write you this beautiful autumn
day from Elkhart, and preparations for the
coming Holiday Seasons are being made. The
Elkhart Historical Society will again offer the
traditional Christmas
Candlelight Service in the historic
Gillett Chapel. The date this year is
Saturday, December
5, 2015, with afternoon & evening service times
at 2, 4, 5:30, and 8.
Reservations for both the service and dining
option must be made by calling
(217)
947-2238.
A reservation form
can be downloaded by clicking on the link above.
Annual Report Of the Elkhart Historical Society
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LDN:
A
Perfect Fall Day at the Elkhart Country Fair
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LDN:
Slide Show
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LDN:
Car Show & Doggie Costume Parade
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LDN:
A Visit to the
Historic Elkhart Oglesby Cemetery Chapel
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Sept., 2015 LDN:
Village of Elkhart celebrates the completion of
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5 Aug., 2015 LDN:
Elkhart's
Lizzie Ford Crowned Miss Logan County Fair 2015 and
New Holland's Preslee Sherren, Little Miss
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2 Aug., 2015 SJ-R: 66 Things on Route
66: Statues in Benld,
Elkhart, Gillespie, Sherman, Staunton
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The
Elkhart Historical Society announces the
dinner/lecture, “The Life and Times of
Logan County Mammals”, by Dr. Dennis Campbell,
at
5:30 p.m., on Saturday
June 6, 2015, at the WildHare Café in Elkhart.
Reservations should be made by calling 217 947
2238, and the
dinner menu and order form can be downloaded
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Form
Dr.
Campbell’s talk will cover three major
time periods from far gone eras when wooly
mammoths and perhaps an occasional sabre tooth
tiger roamed, to the 1800’s during Abraham
Lincoln’s life, when not only wolves but an
occasional timber rattlers could visit.
The final era is now and what still remains and
may in fact be returning to the wilds of
Logan County.
Dr.
Campbell, who has taught at Lincoln College for
twenty-two years offering courses in both life
and earth sciences, holds bachelor and master
degrees from Texas Tech University and a
doctorate in zoology from the University of New
South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is
also the director of the
Creekside Center for Environmental Education, a
new offering through Lincoln College’s Biology
Department.
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21 April, 2015 LDN:
Elkhart Hill WildFlower
Walk
LDN:
Slide Show by Curt Fox |

Specially-constructed wagon
for flower tours |

Arlen, Nancy, Maizie Peebles |

Virginia Blue Belles |

Rare White Blue Belles |
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Trillium medicinal plant |
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31 Mar., 2015 Lincoln Daily News:
Elkhart
Celebrates Irish Heritage Days |
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The Elkhart Historical Society is “Going Wild”
in April. Each Saturday in April
(including May 2) - by
reservation - guided wild flower nature walks
will be offered that share the beauty and
variety of the ephemeral spring wild flowers on
Elkhart Hill. The guides for the flower walks
are Gillette Ransom and Susan Jeffers,
a team that has done a lot of research
not only on the flowers but much of the folklore
and medicinal uses in the past. The
finale on May 2, includes an 6:00 am or 4:00 pm
bird walk, with Ornithologist Rhetta Jack, Lara
Borgerson, and Joe Funk all superior birders
with fascinating knowledge of the birds not only
of Elkhart Hill but in many places around the
world. Come sharpen your
skills or learn for the first time.
A walk will be given at 10am which will
combine birds, wildflowers
and lunch, at the Wildhare Cafe.
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Paul J. Beaver
Lincoln College Professor Emeritus...former curator of Lincoln College Heritage Museum
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“From War’s Ashes to the
Birth of Lincoln College”
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Review posted 6 Feb., 2015
Lin. Daily News:
Paul Beaver gives insight to the founding of Lincoln
College
The Elkhart Historical Society,
at Wild Hare Cafe in Elkhart on 31 Jan., held their first of its Dinner/Lecture Series for
2015, featuring popular speaker and historian Paul
Beaver, Professor Emeritus at Lincoln College.
Professor Beaver presented “From War’s Ashes to the
Birth of Lincoln College”, which gave insights on the
founding of Lincoln University (now Lincoln College),
which was the first and only institution named for Abraham
Lincoln during his
lifetime.
Below: Some of Beaver's
talking points ...
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Paul J. Beaver
Lincoln College Professor Emeritus
former curator of Lincoln College Heritage Museum
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