Camp Logan (Illinois)
Camp Logan National Guard Rifle Range Historic District | |
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| Location | Illinois Beach State Park, Zion, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 42°28′6″N 87°48′31″W / 42.46833°N 87.80861°W |
| Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
| Built | 1934 |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000640[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 09, 2000 |
Camp Logan, Illinois was an Illinois National Guard base and rifle range from 1892 to the early 1970s. At one time the Camp was 200 acres (0.81 km2).[2] Several buildings survive today as they are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Camp Logan was named after General John Alexander Logan.[4]
The Camp Logan site is now part of the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ p.34 Dretske, Diane Fort Sherdian Aracadsia Publishing 2005
- ^ "Camp Logan National Guard Corps Rifle Range". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 51.
- ^ "Cultural Resources". www.dnr.illinois.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ Walker, T. "Illinois Beach State Park, an Illinois State Park located near Antioch, Buffalo Grove and Deerfield". www.stateparks.com. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
External links
[edit]History of Camp Logan https://web.archive.org/web/20080429054110/http://dnr.state.il.us/OREP/nrrc/cultural/cmpLogan/camplogan.htm
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