Camp Logan, Illinois

Camp Logan National Guard Rifle Range Historic District
Location Illinois Beach State Park, Zion, Illinois
Coordinates 42°28′6″N 87°48′31″W / 42.46833°N 87.80861°W / 42.46833; -87.80861Coordinates: 42°28′6″N 87°48′31″W / 42.46833°N 87.80861°W / 42.46833; -87.80861
Area 0 acres (0 ha)
Built 1934
NRHP Reference # 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]

References

  1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. p.34 Dretske, Diane Fort Sherdian Aracadsia Publishing 2005
  3. http://dnr.state.il.us/OREP/cultural/cmpLogan/camplogan.htm
  4. 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.

External links

History of Camp Logan http://dnr.state.il.us/OREP/nrrc/cultural/cmpLogan/camplogan.htm


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