Businesses… The Air Dome 25 Jun 202023 Jun 2020 In the early 20th century a unique concept brought many popular forms of entertainment together. What became known as an "Air Dome", held several different acts taken out of an…
Entertainment The Journey of Joseph Hoffman 16 Apr 201813 Apr 2018 On September 5, 1913, a man strolled into the McHenry Plaindealer’s office. His name was Joseph Hoffman and he was on a walking journey from Cincinnati, Ohio to Bismarck, North…
Churches… The McHenry Lyceum 27 Jul 201712 Sep 2017 During the early 1920s, Rev. Father Martin J. McEvoy of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church brought a series of concerts and other entertaining acts to McHenry in the form of a…
Community Events… The Masquerade Ball of February 1878 1 Jun 201712 Sep 2017 In August of 1919, a local resident named “Buff” Feltz stopped by the McHenry Plaindealer office with an old dance program he found in walls of a Crystal Lake house…
Entertainment… McHenry’s Skyline Drive-In Theater 30 Apr 201712 Sep 2017 The drive-in theater was one of the iconic crazes of the 1950s. While the first drive-in was actually in Camden, New Jersey in 1933, the popularity of the drive-in didn’t…
Churches… Red Faber Pitches in McHenry 27 Mar 201722 Mar 2017 In the summer of 1935 St. Mary's softball charity game proved to be a memorable one. It pitted teams from the McHenry Elderly Men and St. Mary's Holy Name Society…
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