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Lecture series
to complement Elkhart tours in 2010
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[January 19, 2010]
ELKHART
-- The Elkhart Historical Society announces
a Friday evening dinner lecture series that
will complement the already popular Elkhart
tours. Each lecture will be preceded by
dinner at the Wild Hare Café in historic
downtown Elkhart, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
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The lecture series will begin on March 12
with "Tales of Hog Marches and Cattle
Kings." Bill Kemp, librarian and archivist
at the McLean County Museum of History, will
present "Pioneer Cattle and Hog Driving."
The second talk of the evening will be "John
Dean Gillett -- Cattle King of the World."
Gillette Ransom, a direct descendent of
Gillett, will give this talk on Elkhart’s
famous resident.
The lecture on April 16 and April 23 will
be "Elkhart Hill: The Biological and
Cultural History of a Prairie Grove," by
Bill McClain. To complement his talks,
McClain will lead the Wildflower Nature
Walks on April 17 and April 24 on Elkhart
Hill.
On July 16, Bob McCue and Chuck McCue
will speak on "Lincoln's Life on the 8th
Judicial Circuit" and the "DAR 8th Judicial
Circuit Markers." Their lectures will be
followed by historical tours of Elkhart Hill
the next day.
Reservations will be taken beginning Feb.
1. Reservations are required and seating is
limited. For more information and the
printable, online reservation form, see
www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org or call
947-2046 after Feb. 1.
[Text from
file received from
Abraham
Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County] |
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