A glance at Reagan sites in Illinois

CBS 2 Chicago ^ | June 13, 2004 | CBS 2 Chicago

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Some of the sites on the Ronald Reagan Trail, created in 1999 to trace the roots of the only U.S. president born in Illinois:

^Reagan Birthplace

Location Tampico.

Address 111 S. Main Street.

Significance: Reagan was born in the second-story apartment on Feb. 6, 1911. The 1,700-square-foot apartment has been restored, and work is under way to convert the first floor into a museum.

Hours 10-4 Monday-Saturday, 1-4 Sunday (through Nov. 30).

Admission Free.

^Reagan Boyhood Home

Location Dixon.

Address 816 S. Hennepin Avenue.

Significance Reagan was 9 when his family moved to Dixon, where he went to school, attended the First Christian Church and worked as a teenage lifeguard at Lowell Park. The two-story frame house is owned by a non-profit organization and operated by volunteers.

Hours 10-4 Monday-Saturday, 1-4 Sunday (through Nov. 30).

Admission Free.

^Reagan Museum at Eureka College

Location Eureka.

Address Eureka College, Cerf Center, 300 E. College Avenue.

Significance Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932. He donated more than 3,000 items from his college days and acting and political careers for the museum, which displays the largest Reagan collection outside his presidential library and museum.

Hours 8-4 Monday-Friday, 10-2 Saturday.

Admission Free.

On the Net:

Ronald Reagan Trail

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

The Ronald Reagan Trail was officially designated by the Illinois General Assembly on May 21, 1999. For a glimpse of what made a common man into a great president, visit the Ronald Reagan Trail.

[syriacus]

Thanks for the very interesting overview.

I hadn't realized that Ronald Reagan and the only American to discover a planet (Pluto) in our solar system, Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997) began their lives within 85 miles of each other.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Your welcome: Here's a few more pics, which I don't think have been posted on FR yet.

Neil (left) and Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan birthplace, Tampico.

Also the birthplace

[syriacus]

Thanks, again, Land_of_Lincoln_John!