Community Buildings… Gage’s Driving Park 30 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 During the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century, people found a variety of ways to entertain themselves. In McHenry, one of the more popular forms of entertainment was…
Businesses… The Riverside Manufacturing Company 10 Sep 20191 Oct 2019 During the mid 1940s, McHenry was going through somewhat of an economic boom, mainly brought upon producing war materials for the front. It was this opportunity that brought Sam &…
Businesses… The Polly Prim 13 Dec 201813 Dec 2018 When McHenry was a travel destination for vacationers, it offered many colorful locations for people to enjoy themselves. One of the most interesting places was the Polly Prim which was…
Accidents & Incidents… The Mysterious Case of Frederick Wennerstrom 24 Jun 201823 Jun 2018 On a Sunday morning, September 3, 1911, a couple of fishermen who were out on the Fox River and made a gruesome find. Floating in the river was the body…
Community Buildings… The Origins of the West McHenry Post Office 15 Mar 20187 Oct 2018 McHenry has had several things that make it stand out from its neighbors. Yet, one of the more distinctive things about it was that for many years it was the…
Community Buildings… McHenry’s 2nd City Hall 27 Dec 201612 Sep 2017 During the early 1900s, McHenry was a bustling tourist town that attracted many people from the city and other local areas as a vacation spot. By 1911, it was becoming…
