Community Events… The 1915-16 McHenry Boy’s Basketball Team 21 Mar 202215 Mar 2022 Going into the 1915-16 basketball season, the boys McHenry High School team weren’t optimistic about their chances. The previous season, 1914-15, the team did very well, winning the McHenry County…
Community Events… Bears vs. McHenry High School Staff 25 Jan 202217 Jan 2022 In the spring of 1978, the McHenry High School’s junior class set up a fundraising event featuring some of the school’s staff and members of the Chicago Bears basketball team.…
Churches… The McHenry Literary Society 2 Sep 20212 Sep 2021 In the early part of 1877, some of McHenry's citizens put together the McHenry Literary Society. The earliest literary societies were said to have been formed in the Middle Ages.…
Community Events… The City Park Memorial 31 May 202129 May 2021 In 1931, the McHenry chapter of the Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic decided to host a dedication for a monument at the city park in McHenry. During…
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…
Community Events Armistice Day & the “Home-Coming For The Boys” 9 Nov 201921 Nov 2019 The United States wasn't in the First World War for long, but when it did become involved, the nation fully immersed itself in the conflict. Overall, the county bought over…
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