The purpose of this rally is to introduce out of town guests to a sampling of the historical sights offered in the Galesburg area.

Rules:

1.   The Saturday car show is the starting point at which time we will log in your odometer reading, and Jumers will be the ending point for the final odometer check.
2.   You may start at any designated site.
3.   At each of the sites a proof of the visit must be obtained. Note that one checkpoint is in Galesburg proper, and there is a choice of two alternate second checkpoints outside of Galesburg.
4.   Scoring is accomplished by diving the number of miles ran by by the number of sites visited, divided by two. As you can see, this is not a timed rally.

Site One (Checkpoint)
Author, poet Carl Sandburg State Historical Site, 331 East Third Street, Galesburg. Hours 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. This is the birthplace and final resting place for the remains of this noted poet and Lincoln Biographer. Who does not know the famous lines from his poem CHICAGO; "Hog butcher for the world.... City of Big Shoulders".

Site Two
Illinois Citizen Soldier Museum, 1001 Michigan Avenue, Galesburg. Hours 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. This is located in the Robert Dunlop Room of the Admiral James Stockdale Building. Admiral James Stockdale was the vice presidential candidate who ran with Ross Perot on the reform party ticket and is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. There are artifacts from the War of 1812 through Desert Storm.

Site Three
Central Congregational Church, Cantral Square, Galesburg. Hours 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This imposing dark red sandstone Romanesque church built in 1898 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Site Four
Hope Cemetery, Main and Academy, Galesburg. This cemetery was originally called The Burying Ground" and was established in 1836. It sits on 3.5 acres and contains about 10,000. Memorials of various sizes and styles convey social, spiritual and aesthetic messages concerning the lives of those buried there.

Site Five
Galesburg Railroad Museum, Seminary and Mulberry Street. Hours Noon to 5:00 pm. Museum is housed in a 1923 Pullman Parlor Car.

Site Six (Alternate Check Point Two)
Biship Hill: National Historic Landmark Swedish Village
Located approximately 20 miles northeast of Galesburg off route 34. Open 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Antiques, inports, handcrafts, gifts and restaraunts featuring Sweedish and American foods, as well as restored buildings, museums and a Villaga Parg. Founded on 1846 by Swedes and othe Scandinavians.

Site Seven (Alternate Check Point Three)
The Wolf Covered Bridge over Spoon River
This bridge was reconstructed in 1999 and is 247 feet long over fabled Spoon River, immortalized by Edward Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology.

For the real die hard rally enthusiasts it will be possible to do all of the rallys including the Historical Tour Rally and the Scavenger Hunt Rally. While we do not expect anyone to collect all of the right answers in every one of these rallys, it should be (technically) possible. For those who set aside time to participate in the Saturday afternoon Gymkhana in Abingdon it may not be possible to collect all of the answers for the Historic Tour rally, but you may still be able to do the minimal route in that rally as well. There will also likely be some overlap in these rallys, such that it could be advantageous to attempt to do all rallies together. How's that for a challenge?

There also may be some fun games for the kids, always some fun games for the adults, the very delightful swimming pool with hot tub (and the never ending rumors about women in the mens sauna). Of course there will always be those midnight tech sessions in the parking lot for the really die hard car enthusiasts. We are expecting to have available babysitting arrangements for the younger children during the Saturday evening awards banquet. Check at the registration table upon arrival.

A retail site worth considering is The Pottery Barn, 1201 North Main Street, Monmouth, 16 miles west of Galesburg, north of the intersection of US Route 34 and US Routh 67. This stoneware industry was begun in the area in the middle 1800s by immigrants from Colchester, England.