Elkhart in Logan County typifies many Illinois villages whose growth was driven by the railroad. Founded by John Shockey in 1855, two years after the arrival of the Alton and Sangamon Railroad, later the Gulf Mobile and Ohio, Elkhart became for many years one of the largest shipping points on the line. Southeast of this site on Elkhart Hill stands Oglehurst, the home and burial place of Richard J. Oglesby, who was elected Governor of Illinois three times, in 1864, 1872, and 1884; ten days after his second inauguration, the Illinois legislature elected him United States Senator, and he served until 1879. Oglesby moved to Elkhart in 1890 after retiring from public life. Another prominent resident was John Dean Gillett, a New Englander who came to Logan County in 1838 and, through his skill in raising and feeding cattle, became known for superior quality beef in both the United States and England; at his death, his landholdings exceeded 16,000 acres. Captain Adam H. Bogardus, a wildfowl market hunter, conservationist, and champion wingshot, also lived in Elkhart for many years; in 1878 he defeated English champion wingshot Aubrey Coventry by a score of 79 to 78, and on returning to the United States he toured with William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's The Wild West.