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The origins of the McHenry Country Club

29 Jun 202227 Jun 2022
At the start of the 1920s, McHenry City leaders and the McHenry Community Club were looking to improve the city's standing as a resort town. While things were going well,…
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…

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