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United States historic place
Camp Logan National Guard Rifle Range Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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LocationIllinois Beach State Park, Zion, Illinois
Coordinates42°28′6″N 87°48′31″W / 42.46833°N 87.80861°W / 42.46833; -87.80861
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1934
NRHP reference No.00000640
Added to NRHPJune 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 km). Several buildings survive today as they are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Camp Logan was named after General John Alexander Logan.

The Camp Logan site is now part of the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. p.34 Dretske, Diane Fort Sherdian Aracadsia Publishing 2005
  3. "Camp Logan National Guard Corps Rifle Range". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  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.
  5. "Cultural Resources". www.dnr.illinois.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  6. 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

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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