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ATVs [all-terrain vehicles] Air Expo Accidents Woodstock miscellaneous Alcoholism [see: DRUG ABUSE] Airplanes - Airplane Crashes Alemite / Die Casting Automobiles Algonquin Hill Climb [see: AUTO RACES] Boating Almshouse [see: NURSING HOMES - VALLEY HI] Bus Ambutal [see: DOCTORS - CLINICS- CRYSTAL Drowning LAKE] Electrocution America's Cardboard Cup Regatta [see: BOATS] Farm American Ass'n of Retired Persons AARP [see: Motorcycle ORGANIZATIONS - COUNTY] Snowmobile American Ass’n of University Women Trains American Family Premium Coupons [see: TRADE Trains - Fox River Grove CARDS - PREMIUMS] Trucks American Field Service - A. F. S.*, Council on Accountants [includes account book ledgers], International Education Exchange* Income Tax Service* American Heart Association [see: HEALTH ORG.] Admiral Group - Rockwell Int’l American Diabetes Association [see: HEALTH [see: FACTORIES - HARVARD] ORG.] Adopt a Sailor [see: SOCIAL SERV. ORG.] American Legion Adoption [see: LEGAL - ADOPTION] County (miscellaneous) Adult & Child Rehab Center [see: HEALTH Algonquin AGENCIES] Cary Advertising Crystal Lake miscellaneous Fox River Grove Algonquin Harvard Crystal Lake Hebron Harvard Huntley Marengo L.I.T.H. McHenry Marengo Woodstock McHenry A.F.S. [see: American Field Service] Richmond Affordable Housing [see: McHENRY CO. Ringwood HOUSING AUTHORITY] Union African Americans in McHenry Co. Wonder Lake Agreements [see: LEGAL] Woodstock Agriculture [Community Supported Agriculture, miscellaneous etc.*][also see: CROPS, DAIRING, Past Commanders FARMS, NURSERIES, SOD FARMING, American Legion Auxiliary TRUCK FARMING] County (miscellaneous) Agricultural Implement Dealers, [see: FARM IMPL.] Cary/Fox River Grove Agritourism Crystal Lake Aids [see: HEALTH ORG., also HEALTH Harvard ARTICLES] Hebron Air Expo [see: AIRPORTS - L.I.T.H.] Huntley Air Mail [see: AVIATION] Marengo Airplanes [see: AVIATION] McHenry Airplane Crashes [see: ACCIDENTS] Richmond Airports Union miscellaneous Wonder Lake Dacy Woodstock Galt [Flyers & Tires Event*, etc.] Junior Auxiliary L.I.T.H. 8 & 40 Salon #483* miscellaneous American Red Cross Page 1
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American Terra Cotta Co. [see: FACTORIES - C. L.] Ostriches & Emus Ameri Corps [see: MENTAL HEALTH - McH. CO. Oxen MENTAL HEALTH BOARD] Pheasants & Pigeons AMVETS Pigs* “Andrews Sisters” [see: MUSIC - CHORAL] Rabbits* Animal Control [see: McHENRY CO. ANIMAL Sheep* CONTROL] Waterfowl Animal House Shelter [see: PET CARE-ANIMAL Wildlife* SHELTERS] Annexation Animal Shelters [see: PET CARE] miscellaneous Animals [also see: PET CARE] Algonquin - Cary - Lake in the Hills miscellaneous Bull Valley Birds [eagles, owls, etc.] [also see: Crystal Lake ANIMALS-PHEASANTS- Fox River Grove PIGEONS] Harvard Buffalo* Hebron Cats* Huntley Cattle Johnsburg miscellaneous Lakemoor Beef Cattle Lakewood Dairy Cows Marengo Dealers McHenry Diseases Prairie Grove Stock Yards - Feeder Lots Richmond Dogs* Ringwood miscellaneous Spring Grove Abused - killed Union Attacks Wonder Lake Dog Laws Woodstock Missing - Lost Anti-War Groups [McHenry Co. College Peace Spring Creek Bassets Shows Group*, McHenry Co. Peace Therapy Dogs Group*, Poets Against War*, Elephants SPAN*] Exotic Wildlife Ranch Antique Automobiles [see: AUTOMOBILES] Goats Antique Shops Horses* [also see: THERAPY - MAIN miscellaneous STAY THERAPEUTIC Algonquin RIDING PROGRAM] Crystal Lake miscellaneous Hebron Anti-Horse Thief Assoc. Marengo - Union Belgians-Morgans-Shires McHenry Cruelty [Hooved Animal Humane Richmond Society* [HAHS], etc.] Ridgefield Harness Racing Woodstock Horse Ranches, Farms, Riding Antique Tractor, Truck & Construction Equip. Show Stables, etc. Antiques Horseman Assoc., Saddle Clubs, Appliance Stores - Electronics Stores* [also see: Riding Clubs, etc. ELECTRONIC EQUIP., Racetracks RADIOS, TELEVISION] Shows, Competition, etc. miscellaneous miscellaneous Crystal Lake Dressage-Hunters Jumpers Harvard Spring Grove Horse Fair* Marengo Llamas McHenry Page 2
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Woodstock Old Courthouse Arts Aprons [see: KITCHENS] Center* Aquatic Centers [see: RECREATION FAC. - Woodstock Fine Art Fair* PUBLIC POOLS] Woodstock Opera House Arbor Day [see: TREES] Gallery* Arcades [see: RECREATION] Ceramics* Archaeology [Saulk Trail Chapt. Of Christmas Card Design Winners IL Assoc. For The Advancement Institute of Art Research Of Archaeology] Iron Craft* Architects Jewelry* Architecture - Blue Prints* Murals Arnold Engineering Co. [see: FACTORIES - Painting MARENGO] miscellaneous Art & Artists Female Artists miscellaneous [McHenry Co. Art Work Sub Male Artists Committee, etc.] Pottery* Art Auctions Revere Glass Art Leagues - Guilds Sculpture Cary-Grove Guild - Indian Summer Stained Glass*- Clear Glass - Glass Blowing Art Expo Student Artists Harvard Art League - Harvard Art miscellaneous Fair Blue Sky Project* Northland Art League - Winter Wood Sculptors* / Carvers* Dimensions Arts and Asphalt Plant [see: PAVERS] Crafts Fair Assisi Animal Foundation [see: FOUNDATIONS] Arts & Crafts Fairs - Exhibits - Galleries Assisted Living [see: SENIORS-HOUSING] [also see: FAIR DIDDLEY] Assessment Lists [also see: TAXES] miscellaneous Attorneys [see: LAWYERS] Crystal Lake Aubrey Manufacturing Co. miscellaneous [see: FACTORIES - UNION] Firehouse Fine Arts Auctions & Auctioneers Gallery* Authors of McHenry County Midwest Fiber & Autism [see: CHILDREN‘S CENTER FOR Folk Art Fair AUTISM] Spring Arts Festival- Audubon Society [see: McHENRY CO. AUDUBON Fall Arts Festival SOC.] Fox River Grove [also see: ART Autumn Drive [see: ART & ARTISTS - ARTS & LEAGUES] CRAFT FAIRS -EXHIBITS] Garden Valley Road Autumn Auto Dealers [also see: AUTO REPAIR] Drive* miscellaneous Harvard [also see: ART Algonquin LEAGUES] Crystal Lake Marengo miscellaneous miscellaneous Colby Motor Sales* Winter Wonder Walk* Conlon Collins* McHenry Crystal Lake Dodge/Viking Dodge miscellaneous Crystal Lake Pontiac - GMC McHenry Co. Art Fair M’Lady Nissan Outside McHenry Co. Ormsby Motors* Woodstock Reichert miscellaneous Harvard Art Walk on the Square miscellaneous Fair on the Square* / J. C. Burkhart & Sons / Burkhart Woodstock Art Fair* Inc. Page 3
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Ferris Bros. Automobiles [also see: AUTO DEALERS] Hebron miscellaneous Huntley Antique to Current Lake in the Hills Clubs Marengo Hot Rods - Custom - Dragsters miscellaneous License - Instructions Ellison Machine Co. Autumn Tour of Homes [see: HOUSES - C.L.] Kelley Bros. Aviation - Airplanes* - Balloons* [also see: Marengo Foundry & Machine Co. ACCIDENTS - AIRPLANE, McHenry AIRPORTS, miscellaneous SPORTS - BALLOONING] Buss Ford/Knox Motors miscellaneous Gary Lang Air Mail Mitchell/Mitchell Potts Airplanes - antique Overton Balloons* Torkelson Pilots Richmond Young Eagles* Woodstock Awning Shop [see: HOME IMPROVEMENT miscellaneous STORES] Benoy Motor Sales Reichert Woodward Bakeries - Donut Shops* Auto Parts Stores - Tire Stores* [also see: TIRES] miscellaneous miscellaneous Algonquin Crystal Lake Cary - Fox River Grove Harvard Crystal Lake Marengo Harvard McHenry Marengo Woodstock McHenry Auto Races [also see: SPORTS - RACES] Richmond miscellaneous Woodstock Algonquin Hill Climb* Bait & Tackle Shops [see: FISH] Auto Repair/ Garages* - Body & Fender Shops* Balloons [see: AVIATION, also [also see: AUTO DEALERS, SPORTS - BALLOONING] also GAS STATIONS] Bands [see: MUSICAL - BANDS - ORCHESTRAS] miscellaneous Banks & Savings & Loans Algonquin Old - miscellaneous Cary - Fox River Grove Algonquin Crystal Lake Cary - Fox River Grove Harvard miscellaneous Huntley Cary State Bank Marengo Crystal Lake McHenry miscellaneous Richmond Amcore Union Citizen’s State Bank/ Woodstock United State Bank Auto Shows - Cruise Night* [also see: AIRPORTS - C.L. Sav. & Loan/ GAULT] 1st Fed. Sav. & Loan/ miscellaneous Citi Corp. Crystal Lake 1st Nat. Bnk./ Grand National Johnsburg Home Fed. Svgs./ McHenry State Financial Bnk. Richmond Home State Bank Woodstock Harvard Page 4
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miscellaneous 1st Savings & Loan Axtell’s Exchange Bank./ Golden Eagle Community Bank 1st State Bank/Harvard Harris Bank-Woodstock Bank Home State Bank Castle Bank McHenry County State Bank Harvard Fed. Svgs. & Loan/ State Bank - Woodstock Harvard Savings Bank Skokie Federal Savings Harvard State Bank Barbers Hebron miscellaneous Huntley Alden - Hebron Lake in the Hills Cary - Fox River Grove Marengo Crystal Lake Miscellaneous Harvard Castle Bank [formerly First Huntley National Bank, ‘75-’76] Marengo Dairymans State Bank McHenry Farmers & Drovers Bank/ Richmond People’s Bank Spring Grove Marengo Fed. Svgs. & Loan/ Woodstock First Chicago/ Bark-Cloth Bank One Barns & Silos* First National Bnk. [Org. 1975-76] miscellaneous First Nat. Bnk. [1871-1932] General information Harris Bank-Marengo [formerly Barn Construction, miscellaneous Marengo State Bank] Barn Tours / “The Year of the Barn” Marengo State Bank [formerly Round Barns, miscellaneous Dairymans State Bnk.] Silos, miscellaneous Prairie Community Bank [formerly Alden Prairie State Bank] Algonquin Township [Algonquin, Cary, Prairie State Bank Barrington Hills, Fox River Grove McHenry areas] miscellaneous Chemung Township Amcore Bank Coral Twp. & Riley Twp. [Coral, Riley & American Comm. Bank & Trust Union areas] 1st National of McHenry Crystal Lake McHenry Bank & Trust Dorr Township [Woodstock] McHenry Savings Bank Dunham Township McHenry State Bank [before 1980] Grafton Township [Huntley, Lake in the McHenry State Bank 1980/ Hills, Lakewood areas] First Midwest Bank Greenwood Township [Greenwood & Richmond Wonder Lake areas] Ringwood Hartland Township Spring Grove Harvard Union Hebron Wonder Lake Johnsburg Woodstock Lakewood miscellaneous Marengo Twp. [includes Marengo] Amcore Bank of Woodstock McHenry - McHenry Twp. - Ringwood American Community Bank Nunda Township [Barreville, Bully Valley, American National Bank Holiday Hills, Island Lake, Farmers Exchange Bank Lakemoor, Oakwood Hills, & Federal Land Bank Prairie Grove] 1st National Bank of Woodstock Richmond & Burton Townships [Richmond 1934 - 1985 & Spring Grove] Page 5
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Seneca Township Ringwood Barn Builders Spring Grove Bate and Tackle Shops [see: SPORTING GOODS Union STORES] Woodstock Bathroom Fixtures [sinks, toilets*, tubs, etc.] Blinds [see: WINDOW TREATMENT] Beauty Shops - Tanning Salons* Blizzards [see: NATURAL DISASTERS] miscellaneous Blood Banks [see: HEALTH AGENCIES] Cary - Fox River Grove Blue Chip Regatta [see: BOATS - RACES] Crystal Lake Blue Sky Project [see: ART & ARTISTS-STUDENT Harvard ARTISTS] Marengo - Union Blue Star Banner Group [see: SELF HELP GROUPS McHenry - SUPPORT Woodstock GROUPS] Bed & Breakfast Blueprints [see: ARCHITECTURE] Beekeeping Boarding Houses [see: HOTELS] Beer Distributors [see: LIQUOR STORES, also see: Boats [also see: FACTORIES - C.L. - SWITZER - BREWERIES] CRAFT, FACTORIES - McHENRY - Bells HUNTER BOAT CO.] Ben Franklin Stores [see: VARIETY STORES] miscellaneous Berkshire Ballet Theatre & Starr Dancers [see: America's Cardboard Cup Regatta* DANCE - SUMMERS Boat Companies - Boat Makers ACADAMY OF DANCE] Clubs - Organizations Beta Sigma Phi miscellaneous [Yacht Clubs*, etc] Bethel 98 [see: MASONIC ORG., ORDER OF Pistakee Yacht Club EASTERN STAR] Cruises to Lotus Beds Bicycles - Bicycle Shops - Clubs - Types - Marinas* Motorbikes [Whizzer*], etc.. miscellaneous Big Brothers / Big Sisters [see: SOCIAL SERVICE Fox Bay Marina ORGINIZATIONS] Motorboat Ban - Noise Ordinance Bike Paths -Trails [see: RECREATION FAC. - Passenger Boats BIKE PATHS] Races [Blue Chip Regatta*, etc.] Billy Sunday [see: EVANGELIST] Safety Bioterrorism [see: TERRORISM] Venetian Night Festivals* Birders [see: McHENRY CO. AUDUBON SOC.] Body & Fender Shops [see: AUTO REPAIR SHOPS] Blacksmiths [also see: WAGON FACTORIES] Book of Lists [see: BUSINESS-MISC.] miscellaneous Books - Magazines* Alden Book Stores Algonquin Booster Clubs [see: CLUBS - BOOSTER] Cary Borden Co. Chemung general (miscellaneous) Coral Alden Crystal Lake Algonquin Fox River Grove Cary Franklinville Chemung Greenwood Crystal Lake Harvard Hebron Hebron Huntley Huntley Marengo Lakewood McHenry Marengo Richmond McHenry Ridgefield Richmond Woodstock Ridgefield Bottles Riley Bottling Works [also see: BREWERIES] Page 6
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Bowling Alleys - Pool Rooms* Cary - Fox River Grove miscellaneous Harmony Algonquin Harvard Cary - Fox River Grove Huntley Crystal Lake Johnsburg Huntley Marengo Marengo McHenry McHenry miscellaneous Richmond Tonyan Const. Woodstock McHenry Co. Home Builders Assoc. Bowman Dairy Medley of Homes* Boys and Girls Clubs [see: CLUBS] Richmond Brake Parts Co. [see: FACTORIES - McHENRY] Spring Grove BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Ed. Center [see: Wonder Lake THERAPISTS] Woodstock Breweries - Distilleries* Building Materials [Mesker Buildings*, etc.] Algonquin Buildings [also see: McHENRY CO. Fox River Grove ADMINISTRATION BLDG., McHENRY Harvard CO. COURTHOUSE] Huntley Alden Lily Lake & miscellaneous Algonquin McHenry Cary Woodstock Crystal Lake Brickyards Fox River Grove Bridges Franklinville miscellaneous Greenwod Alden Harvard Algonquin Hebron Burton Township Huntley Cary & Crystal Lake Johnsburg Greenwood Lake-in-the-Hills Hartland Lakewood Harvard/Chemung Marengo Johnsburg McHenry Marengo - Riley Richmond [Memorial Hall, etc.] McHenry Ridgefield miscellaneous Ringwood Boone Creek Spring Grove Green Street Union Pearl Street Wonder Lake Rte. 120 Woodstock [Waverly House, etc.] Pistakee Bulk Mailing [see: PACKING & SHIPPING] Rawson Burglaries [see: CRIME - ROBBERIES] Richmond Bus - Dial a Ride* - R.T.A.* Seneca & Coral [see: TRANSPORTATION] Wonder Lake Business and Professional Women’s Club [see: Woodstock & Bull Valley CLUBS - BUSINESS AND Brown Printing [see: PRINTING - PRINTERS] PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB] Buffalo [see: ANIMALS] Business Expos [see: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE] Builders - Contractors* - Masons* Businesses [Miscellaneous businesses, those not miscellaneous filed under type of business] [also see: Alden - Hebron ADVERTISING, HOME Algonquin BASED BUSINESSES] Crystal Lake miscellaneous [Book of Lists*, etc] Page 7
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Alden Seneca Algonquin Solon Mills Big Foot Union Cary Woodstock Chemung Buttons Coral Crystal Lake Fox River Grove CD Players [see: ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT] Franklinville CD Printing [see: PRINTING] Greenwood CSA [Community Supported Agriculture] [see: Hartland AGRICULTURE] Harvard Cabinet Makers [see: CARPENTERS - JOINTERS] Hebron Cable TV [see: TELEVISION] Huntley Cafe [see: RESTAURANTS] Johnsburg Calendars L.I.T.H. Calling Cards [see: CUSTOMS - CARDS] Lakemoor Cameras [still & movie] Marengo Camp Algonquin [see: CAMPS also see: Y.M.C.A.] McHenry Camp Epworth [see: CAMPS] Richmond Camp Monarch [see: SELF HELP - SUPPORT Ridgefield GROUPS] Riley Campfire Girls Ringwood general Solon Mills Algonquin Spring Grove Crystal Lake Trout Valley Harvard Union Marengo Wonder Lake McHenry Woodstock Richmond Businesses - Home Based [see: HOME BASED Union BUSINESSES] Woodstock Butcher Boy [see: FACTORIES - HARVARD] Campgrounds - RV Parks Butcher Shops [see: MEAT MARKETS] Camps - Retreats Butter & Cheese Factories* miscellaneous [Camp Epworth*, Chicago miscellaneous Club for Crippled Children Camp*, Alden etc.] [also see: PLEASANT Algonquin VALLEY OUTDOOR CENTER] Barreville Camp Algonquin* - YMCA Camp Cary Algonquin* Chemung - Chemung Village Resurrection Center* - Loyola University Coral - Coral Village Retreat & Ecology Campus* Crystal Lake Cancer Crusade [see: HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS] Franklinville Candle Molds & Holders Grafton Candy Stores & Ice Cream Shops* Greenwood miscellaneous Harvard Algonquin Hebron Cary Huntley Crystal Lake Marengo Harvard McHenry & West McHenry Hebron McHenry County Marengo Nunda Twp. - Nunda Village McHenry Richmond Richmond Riley Woodstock Page 8
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Canes Hartland Township Canning Factories [see: FACTORIES - CANNING] Hartland Union Canning Jars Harvard Car Washes Hebron Card Shops [see: GIFT SHOPS] Holcombville Cardboard Cup Regatta [see: BOATS] Hughes Carefree Village [see: SENIORS-HOUSING- Huntley WDSTK.] Jackson Burying Ground Carnivals Jerome [Dunham Township] Carpenters & Jointers [also see: BUILDERS] Johnsburg miscellaneous [Woodworkers, etc.] Lawrence Cabinet Makers* / Millworkers* Lindsay Cem. [Woodstock] Roofers* Linn - Hebron Carpet [see: FLOOR COVERING] Maple St [Marengo] Carpet Sweepers [see: VACUUM CLEANERS] Marengo Carriages & Wagons McHenry [Woodland] [also see: WAGON FACTORIES] McHenry Co. Memorial [Woodstock] Cary Citizens for Conservation McHenry Co. Jewish Cary - Grove Historical Society McMillan [see: HISTORICAL SOCIETIES] Mosgrove Catalog Houses [see: HOUSES - C.L. - SEARS Mount Thabor CATALOG HOUSES] Oak Glen Catalog Stores Oakland Cats [see: ANIMALS - CATS] Old South St. [Woodstock] Cattleman’s Assoc. [see: LIVESTOCK ASSOC.] Old Stone Cellular Phones Orvis Cellular Towers Ostend Cement [see: CONCRETE] Pioneer Cemeteries Prairie Grove miscellaneous Queen Ann - Eckert Alden Richmond Algonquin Ridgefield Allen Riley Barber Ringwood Morris Bell Sacred Heart - St. Patrick’s* [Marengo] Big Foot St. John - Algonquin [Bohemian] Brandow - Alden St. John the Baptist [Johnsburg] Calvary St. Patrick’s [Marengo] [see: CEMETERIES Cary - SACRED HEART] Chemung St. Patrick [McHenry] Coral Sanborn Cole Scandinavian Crystal Lake Scotch miscellaneous [Mem. Pk., etc.] Snyder [Nunda] Crystal Lake / Lake Ave. Solon Mills Union South Hebron Dufield Spicer English Prairie Spring Grove Fairview Stewart [see: SCOTCH CEM.] Franklinville Union Gillilan Valley Hi Granger Burying Ground [Nunda Twp.] West Harmony Greenwood Wingrove Pioneer Harrison - Carr Wray Page 9
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Cemetery Monuments [also see: MONUMENTS] Big Foot Census - McHenry County Cary - Fox River Grove Centegra Health Systems [see: HOSPITALS] miscellaneous Centegra Hospital - Woodstock [see: HOSPITALS - Cary United Methodist WOODSTOCK] Fox River Grove United Methodist Ceramics [see: ART & ARTISTS] Holy Cross Lutheran Ceska Beseda Club of F.R.G. [see: CLUBS- CESKA St. Barnabas Lutheran BESEDA CLUB OF F.R.G.] St. John Neomycin [F.R.G.] Chain O’ Lakes-Fox River Waterway Management Sts. Peter and Paul Agency [see: FOX WATERWAY Chemung AGENCY] Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce miscellaneous miscellaneous Bethany Lutheran Algonquin - Lake in the Hills [Ted Spella Calvary Assembly of God Comm. Leadership School*, etc.] Christian Cary - Fox River Grove Church of Jesus Christ of Crystal Lake Latter Day Saints Harvard Church of the Nazarene Huntley Congregational [U.C.C.] Marengo - Union Evangelical Free Church McHenry First Baptist Richmond - Spring Grove First Ch. of Christ, Scientist Wonder Lake First United Methodist Woodstock Hope Covenant Chautauqua Immanuel Lutheran Cheerleading [see: SPORTS-CHEERLEADING] Living Waters Lutheran Cheese Factories Lord & Savior Evangelical Luth. [see: BUTTER & CHEESE FACTORIES] Mid America Baptist Chicago Club for Crippled Children Camp [see: Temple CAMPS - RETREATS] Prince of Peace Lutheran Chicago Fire St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Chicago Industrial Home for Children [see: St. Mary’s Episcopal ORPHANAGES] St. Paul’s United Ch. of Christ Child Advocacy Center [see: SOCIAL SERV. ORG.] St. Thomas Children [stories - toys - customs] Unity Church of C. L. Children’s Center for Autism [McHenry Co. Autism Franklinville Group, etc.] Greenwood Children’s Health & Safety Fair [see: McH. CO. Harmony CHILDREN’S HEALTH & SAFETY Hartland FAIR Harvard Chimney Sweep miscellaneous China - Pottery* Assembly of God Chiropractors [see: DOCTORS-CHIROPRACTORS] Bible Church Christmas [see: CUSTOMS - CHRISTMAS] Christ Episcopal Christmas Clearing House [see: SOC. SERV. ORG.] Church of Christ Churches Congregational miscellaneous First Baptist Alden First Presbyterian Algonquin First United Methodist miscellaneous St. Joseph’s Catholic Congregational St. Paul’s Lutheran Light of Christ Lutheran Trinity Lutheran St. John Evangelical Lutheran Hebron St. Margaret Mary Catholic miscellaneous Page 10
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Hebron United Methodist St. Paul’s Episcopal St. John’s Lutheran Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Huntley Universalist miscellaneous Zion Lutheran Church on the Rock McHenry County Buddhist Temple Congregational [Visakha Puja Day*, etc.] Faith Community McHenry Co. Church of Religious Science Lutheran McHenry County Islamic*, Muslim*, Morning Star Hebrew* St. Mary McHenry County Jewish Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran McHenry County Quakers Springbrook Community Prairie Grove West Lake Community Richmond Island Lake miscellaneous Jehovah’s Witnesses Community Church Johnsburg Congregational miscellaneous Grace Lutheran Chain O’ Lakes Evangelical Cov. St. Joseph’s Catholic Joyful Harvest Lutheran Ridgefield Jubilee Lutheran Riley Miller Family Chapel - Schmitt Riley United Methodist Chapel Riley Congregational Mount Hope United Methodist Ringwood St. John the Baptist Spring Grove - Sunnyside Lake in the Hills Union Lakemoor miscellaneous Lawrence St. John’s Lutheran Marengo St. John’s United Church of Christ general [miscellaneous] Wonder Lake Church of the Sacred Heart miscellaneous Covenant Baptist Christ the King Catholic Emmanuel Baptist Nativity Lutheran First Assembly of God Wonder Lake Bible Church First Baptist Woodstock First Presbyterian miscellaneous Free Methodist Assembly of God United Methodist Christ the Life Zion Lutheran Congregational McCullom Lake First Baptist McHenry First Ch. of Christ, Scientist miscellaneous First Presbyterian Alliance Baptist First United Methodist Christian & Missionary Free Methodist Alliance Grace Lutheran Christian Science Redeemer Lutheran Church of the Holy Apostle Resurrection Catholic Evangelical Free Church St. Ann’s Episcopal Faith Presbyterian St. John’s Evan. Lutheran Fellowship of Faith Lutheran St. Mary’s Catholic First Baptist Unitarian Universalist First United Methodist Congregation First United Pentecostal Woodstock Bible Church St. Mary’s Woodstock Christian St. Patrick’s Cider Making Page 11
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Cigarettes - Cigars [see: TOBACCO] Club Town Inc. [see: 4 - H CLUBS - Cinco de Mayo Festival [see: CUSTOMS - MISC.] HISPANIC] Commercial Club Circus 4 - H Clubs* Citizen Corps Council [see: McHENRY CO. miscellaneous [Club Town Inc.*, EMERGENCY SERIVCE & DISASTER etc.] AGENCY] Kings & Queens Citizen Emergency Response Team [see: McHENRY Leaders - Volunteers CO. EMERGENCY SERVICE & McHenry Co. 4-H Federation DISASTER AGENCY] McHenry Co. 4-H Foundation Civil Air Patrol [McHenry Co. Composite McHenry Co. Youth Council Squadron*] State Competition Civil Defense Alden-Hebron Civil War [see: MILITARY - CIVIL WAR] Bull Valley Civil War Days [see: PARADES - FESTIVALS - Cary MARENGO] Cold Spring Civilian Conservation Corps [C.C.C.] Crystal Lake Cleaners [see: LAUNDRIES] Greenwood Clinics [see: DOCTORS] Harvard Clocks - Clock Shops Harvard - Dunham Clothing & Accessories - Men’s [also see: SHOES] Hebron Clothing & Accessories - Women’s & Children’s Huntley [also see: MILLINERY, Johnsburg PATTERNS, SHOES] Marengo - Riley Clothing Stores McHenry miscellaneous Richmond Cary Ringwood Crystal Lake Rush Creek Harvard Union Marengo [DuVon, The Cub, Otis & Gill's] Woodstock McHenry McHenry County Richmond Garden Clubs* Woodstock general [miscellaneous] miscellaneous Algonquin C. F. Thorne, Beard & Stovall Barrington Hills Smith’s Children Shop Bull Valley Wien’s Countryside Club Town [see: CLUBS - 4H MISC.] Crystal Lake Clubs [also see: AUTOMOBILE, BICYCLE, BOOK, Harvard GUN, MOTORCYCLE] Johnsburg miscellaneous Kishwaukee Valley Boating - Hunting - Swimming [also see: McHenry BOATS] Richmond Booster Clubs* Spring Grove Boys and Girls Clubs* Union Business & Professional Women’s Whispering Oaks - McHenry Club* Wonder Lake miscellaneous Woodstock Crystal Lake Kiwanis Clubs* Harvard miscellaneous McHenry Cary - Fox River Grove Woodstock Crystal Lake Canning - Corn - Pig Clubs Harvard Ceska Beseda Club of F.R.G.* Johnsburg Page 12
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Marengo Club] McHenry Wonder Lake Richmond - Spring Grove Snowmobile Clubs* [also see: SPORTS - Wonder Lake SNOWMOBILE] Woodstock Sportsman Club* Lion’s Clubs* Three V Club general [miscellaneous] Toastmasters Club* Algonquin Crystal Clear Cary Crystal Lake Crystal Lake Fox Valley Fox River Grove McHenry Harvard Welcome Wagon Club* Huntley Woman’s Club* Johnsburg miscellaneous Marengo Algonquin McHenry Cary Oakwood Hills Crystal Lake Richmond Dunham Sun City Evergreen Park - Union Union Fox Ridge Wonder Lake Harvard Woodstock Huntley Marengo Community Club* Lakeland Park McHenry Grandmother’s Club* Marengo McHenry Women in Action* McHenry Mother’s Clubs* Richmond miscellaneous Riley Evergreen Park - Union Rush Creek Riley Spring Grove Newcomers Clubs Wonder Lake Republican Women’s Club Woodstock [see: CLUBS - WOMEN’S REP.] Women’s Republican Clubs - Republican Rotary Clubs* Women’s Club* miscellaneous Yacht Club* [see: BOATS - CLUBS] Algonquin - L.I.T.H. Cluster Housing Developments [see: Crystal Lake SUBDIVISIONS- MISC.] Fox River Grove - Cary Coal - Coal Dealers [also see: LUMBER YARDS, Harvard FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERS, Huntley FEED BUS., ICE CUTTING] Marengo - Union Coins & Money* McHenry Colby Motor Sales [see: AUTO DEALERS - C.L.] McHenry County Collins & Burgie Stove Factory Richmond [see: FACTORIES - MARENGO] Woodstock Columbaria [see: FUNERAL HOMES] Royal Neighbors of America* Commercial Development [also see: SHOPPING S. I. Club [Social Improvement Club] CENTERS] Senior Citizens Clubs miscellaneous Algonquin Algonquin - L.I.T.H. Cary Cary Crystal Lake Crystal Lake Huntley Harvard Marengo Huntley McHenry Johnsburg Richmond / Spring Grove [Pioneer Marengo Page 13
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McHenry C L. Country Club Prairie Grove Crystal Woods - Craig Woods Ringwood Harvard Woodstock Huntley Communications [Southeast Emergency Lakewood Communication Consortium* [SEECOM] Marengo Ridge Dispatch Centers* Emergency Warning McHenry/ McHenry Country Club, etc. Systems*, etc.] [also see: Pistakee RADIOS-RADIO Richmond - Hunter FACILITIES, also see: WOODSTOCK Spring Grove COMMUNITY CENTER] Woodstock Community Connections for Youth [see: SOC. Countryside Improvement Ass'n. SERV. ORG. MISC.] County Home [see: NURSING HOMES - VALLEY Community Development Block Grant Commission HI] [see: GRANTS] County Crime Rate Reports [see: CRIME] Community Supported Agriculture [CSA] [see: Court Appointed Special Advocates AGRICULTURE] Courts in McHenry County [Family Violence Composers [see: MUSIC] Coordinating Council*, McHenry Co. Peer Comprehensive Emp. Training Act [C.E.T.A.] [see: Jury*, McHenry Co. Drug Court*, etc.] LABOR - C.E.T.A.] Coverlets Comprehensive Health Planning Agency [see: Craft Stores - Hobby Shops* HEALTH AGENCIES] Crafts [also see: ARTS & ARTISTS] Computers - Computer Stores Creameries [also see: BUTTER & CHEESE Concrete / Ready-Mix Companies* FACTORIES] Conlon Collins [see: AUTO DEALERS - C.L.] Creative Arts Center - Sage Gallery [ART & ConServe FS [see: FARM SUPPLY STORES - ARTISTS-ARTS & CRAFTS FAIRS- CONSERVE FS] EXHIBITS-MISC. Consulting Firms - Consultants - Engineering Firms Creative Living Series [see: WDSTK. FINE ARTS Conservation [see: McHENRY CO. SOIL ASSOC.] IMPROVEMENT] Credit Bureau of McHenry County Contemporary Children's Choir of McHenry Co. Credit Unions [see: FINANCE COMPANIES] [see: MUSIC-CHORAL-MISC.] Creeks [see: RIVERS ] Continuum of Care Committee [see: McHENRY CO. Crematories - Cremation Society [see: FUNERAL HOUSING HOMES MISC.] AUTH.] Crescent Bay Landing [see: ENTERTAINMENT] Contractors [see: BUILDERS] [also see: THEATRE - STAGE -DINNER] Contracts [see: LEGAL] Crime Convenience Stores [see: GROCERIES] miscellaneous Convents Abuse [see: CRIME - VIOLENCE] Cookware [see: KITCHENS] Arson - Bombings Corn Maze Assault [see: CRIME - VIOLENCE] Corporation for Affordable Homes of McHenry Co. Attempted Murder Costco [see: WAREHOUSE STORES] Children Costume Shops miscellaneous Council on International Education Exchange [see: Abuse AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE] Custody Counselors [see: MENTAL HEALTH - MISC.] Missing Country Clubs & Golf Courses* Neglect miscellaneous Chop Shop Algonquin - Golf Club of Illinois Counterfeiting Bull Valley County Crime Rate Reports* Cary - Fox River Grove DUI - DWI, [MAAD* Underage Crystal Lake Drinking*] [also see: RECKLESS miscellaneous Page 14
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HOMICIDE] [Sandoval & Reyes] Destruction of Property - Vandalism* 2001 - Brisnos Murder Domestic Abuse [Scheuerell-McMullen- Drugs* [also see: DRUG ABUSE] Houghtling-Smith-Collett] Embezzlement 2001 - Platcher Murder [Platcher] Fraud - Identity Theft 2001 - Bair Murder [Bair] Forgery* 2002 - Carrick Murder [Casciaro] Gambling* 2002 - Cooper Murder [Estrada] Gangs* [Prevention, etc.] 2002 - Leitner Murder [Leitner] Hate Crimes 2002 - Smyl Murder [Smyl] Hit and Run 2003 - Goldstein Murder [Vlot] Home Invasion 2004 - Medina Murder [Valles- Identity Theft [see: CRIME - FRAUD] Rodriguez-Tellez] Internet 2004 - Polvika Murder Jail Escapes [also see: JAILS] [Hucksteadt] Juveniles [assessments- programs] 2006 - Corcoran Murder [Aldava- Kidnapping* Grijaldo] Lawsuits [see: CRIME - PROPERTY 2006 - Romano Murder CASES] 2007 - Carlson Murder [Goy] Missing Persons* 2008 - Avila Murder [Avila] Mob Action 2009 - Burton Murder [Morgan] Murder* 2010 - miscellaneous miscellaneous 2010 - Trzcinski Murder 1962 - Casteel Murder [Welsh] [Trzcinski] 1970’s miscellaneous 2011 - Milliman Murder 1970 - Lingenfelter - Bianchi [T. Smith] Murder [ Smith} Murder For Hire 1976 - Klawes Murder Political Monkeyshines [Campbell-Shine-Shine- Pornography* [see: CRIME - SEX] Glasder-Craig] Property Cases - Lawsuits* 1980’s miscellaneous Rape [see: CRIME - SEX] 1980 - Jurs Murder [Doll] Reckless Homicide 1980 - Williams Murder miscellaneous [Williams] Walter Depner 1980 - Albanese Murder Robberies* - Burglaries* [Hironimous [Albanese] Gang, etc.] 1983 - Lehman Murder [Riley] miscellaneous 1988 - Ritter Murder [Church] Algonquin 1988 - Iandola Murder [Iandola] Cary - Fox River Grove 1990’s miscellaneous Chemung 1992 - Twarowski Murder Crystal Lake [Cumbee] Harvard 1993 - Gauger Murder [Gauger] Hebron 1993 - Bosworth Murder [Kauke] Huntley 1993 - Witt Murder [Wendt] Johnsburg 1996 - Hovedt Murder [Graves] Lake in the Hills 1997 - Martinez Murder [Milka] Marengo 1997 - Nelson Murder [Wanland] McHenry 1999 - Swan Murder [Swan] Richmond 1999 - Kamajima Murder Ringwood [Vitaioli] Spring Grove 2000-10 miscellaneous Union 2000 - Bastian Murder Wonder Lake 2000 - Humberto Murder [ Woodstock Page 15
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Service Work Business Sex - Rape* - Harassment - Pornography* Hispanic [Cinco de Mayo Festival*, etc.] Spring Grove Murder Case [Albanese] Jewish* Stills* July 4th* Underage Drinking* miscellaneous Vandalism [see: CRIME - DESTRUCTION Crystal Lake OF PROPERTY] Harvard Violence - Abuse* - Assault* [also see: Marengo CRIME -DOMESTIC Spring Grove ABUSE; CRIME-ATTEMPTED Wonder Lake MURDER] Woodstock Weapon Violations Labor Day* Wiretapping Make a Difference Day* Crime Stoppers Martin Luther King Jr.* Crocheting [see: LACE] Memorial Day* Crop Walk [see: SOCIAL SERV. ORG.] miscellaneous Crops [also see: AGRICULTURE, FARMS - Cary - Fox River Grove FARMING ] Crystal Lake Crow's Foot Conservation Area [see: McHENRY Harvard CO. CONSERVATION DISTRICT] Hebron Cruise Night [see: AUTO SHOWS] Huntley Crystal Lake Historic Preservation Comm. [see: Marengo - Union HISTORICAL SOCIETIES - C. L.] McHenry Cults Woodstock Curtains [see WINDOW TREATMENTS] Menus* & Food* [also see: RECIPES] Curtiss Candy Co. Mother’s / Father’s Day Customs - Holidays* Mourning Customs* miscellaneous New Year’s Day* Cards [Birthday Cards, Calling Cards, etc.] Olden Days Christmas* St. Patrick’s Day* miscellaneous Thanksgiving Day* Christmas Cards Valentine’s Day* Christmas Post Cards Veterans’ Day* Christmas Trees/Ornaments miscellaneous Christmas Memories/Reflections Crystal Lake Christmas Around the World Huntley Algonquin Marengo Cary McHenry Crystal Lake Woodstock Fox River Grove Wedding Harvard Huntley Johnsburg D.A.R. [see: DAUGHTERS of the AMERICAN Lake in the Hills REVOLUTION] Marengo DVD Players [see: ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT] McHenry Dairy Princess [see: PURE MILK ASS’N - Richmond MCHENRY CO DAIRY PRINCESS] Union Dairy Promotion Council [see: PURE MILK Wonder Lake ASSOCIATION] Woodstock Dairies [not farms] Milk Factories* - Milk Delivery* Easter* [also see: BORDEN CO., BOWMAN Etiquette* DAIRY, DEAN MILK CO., Halloween* BUTTER & CHEESE FACTORIES, miscellaneous CREAMERIES] Page 16
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general [miscellaneous] Delta Kappa Gamma Alden/Hebron Dentists - Orthodontists* Algonquin miscellaneous Cary Algonquin Crystal Lake Cary Harvard / Chemung Crystal Lake Huntley Fox River Grove Marengo / Riley Harvard McHenry / Spring Grove Huntley Richmond / Solon Mills Johnsburg Union Marengo Woodstock McHenry History Richmond Dairying [dairy farming] Wonder Lake History Woodstock Dams Department Stores [Sears*, Wards*, Wal-Mart*, miscellaneous K Mart*, Target*, etc.] Algonquin miscellaneous Cary Crystal Lake Lake in the Hills Harvard McHenry Marengo Terra Cotta McHenry Wonder Lake Woodstock Dance - Dance Schools - Dance Establishments Depression [1930’s] miscellaneous Desert Storm [see: MILITARY - PERSIAN GULF Ballrooms, Pavilions, Dance halls WAR] Dance Academies - Schools Detention Ponds [see: DRAINAGE] miscellaneous Dial - A - Ride [see: TRANSPORTATION] Algonquin Diaper Bank [see: SOC. SERV.] miscellaneous Digital Printing [see: PRINTING] Rebecca McCarthy Dime Stores School of Dance, Alg. Disabled [Options & Advocacy*, Special Touch Crystal Lake Ministry*, etc.][also see: miscellaneous THERAPISTS] Judith Svalander Dance Disc Golf Course [see: RECREATION - DISC Co., C.L.* GOLF COURSE] Northwest Suburban Discount Centers/Stores School of Performing Discrimination Arts, C.L. Diseases [also see: HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, Summers Academy of also HEALTH ARTICLES] Dance, C.L. Berkshire Dispatch Centers [see: COMMUNICATION] Ballet Theatre & Starr Disposal Companies [see: LANDFILL] Dancers* Distilleries [see: BREWERIES] Spring Grove District #158 Foundation [see: FOUNDATIONS] miscellaneous District #200 Foundation [see: FOUNDATIONS] Dancers Diversity Day Festival [see: PARADES - WDSTK] Square Dancing Clubs Divorce Types of Dance - History - Instructions Doctors - County Registers Daughters of the American Revolution [D.A.R.*] Doctors - miscellaneous Day Care Centers Doctors - Clinics* Dean Milk Co. miscellaneous Defenders - Environmental Defenders of McHenry Algonquin Co. [also see: ENVIRONMENT, Cary RECYCLERS] Crystal Lake Page 17
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miscellaneous Cary Ambutal* Crystal Lake Centegra Health Syster Fox River Grove Mercy Health System Harvard Sherman - C.L. Health Center Hebron Fox River Grove Huntley Harvard - Chemung Marengo Hebron miscellaneous Huntley Baird’s, Mgo. Pharmacy Johnsburg - Sunnyside Brandt’s Lake in the Hills City Drug Store Marengo - Union - Riley Havens, Faulkners McHenry - Johnsburg Richardson miscellaneous Shearer’s Centegra Health System McHenry Mercy Health System Nunda Richmond - Greenwood Richmond Spring Grove Ringwood Wonder Lake Union Woodstock Woodstock miscellaneous Dry Goods Stores Centegra Primary Care miscellaneous Family Health Partnership Crystal Lake Clinic* Harvard Kishwaukee Valley Medical Hebron - Huntley Group* Marengo Mercy Wdstk. Medical Center miscellaneous Doctors Levin’s Chiropractors*- Naprpaths - Osteopaths McHenry Foot - Podiatrists Richmond Optometrists* Union Orthopedic Surgeons* - Sports Medicine Woodstock Psychiatrists*- Psychologists* Dutch [see: IMMIGRANTS - DUTCH] Dodge Trophies & Awards [see: FACTORIES - Dyes C.L.] Dog Parks Dogs [see: ANIMALS] 8 and 40 Salon #483 [see: AM. LEG. AUX. 8 and 40 Dole Mansion [see: HOUSES - CRYSTAL LAKE] SALON] Dollar Stores [see: VARIETY STORES] Early Letters Dolls & Doll Houses Earth Day [see: ENVIROMENT] Donut Shops [see: BAKERIES] Earthquakes [see: NATURAL DISASTERS] Drainage [includes Detention Ponds* & Storm Earth Voice [see: ENVIROMENT] Water Runoff*] Easter [see: CUSTOMS] Draperies [see: WINDOW TREATMENTS] Easter Seals Draymen [see: TRUCKING] Eastern Star [see: MASONS] Dressmakers [also see: MILLINERY] Elections Driving Schools Miscellaneous thru 1899 Drug Abuse - Alcoholism* [McHenry Area Youth Miscellaneous 1900 thru 1945 Commission*, McHenry Co. Miscellaneous 1946 thru 1999 Substance Abuse Coalition*, Miscellaneous 2000 thru Rebekah's House*, etc.] Municipalities and Townships Drug Stores - Pharmacies* Alden - Chemung miscellaneous Algonquin Algonquin - L.I.T.H. Cary Page 18
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Coral Township Elk’s Lodge [B.P.O. E.] Crystal Lake Ellison Machine Co. [see: AUTO DEALERS - Dorr Township MARENGO] Fox River Grove Embroidery [designs, businesses, etc.] Grafton Township Emergency Services Disaster Agency [see: Greenwood - Bull Valley McHENRY CO. EMERG. Harvard SERVICES DISASTER AGENCY] Hebron Emergency Warning Systems [see: Huntley COMMUNICATIONS] Lake In The Hills Encounter With the Theatre [see: WDSTK. FINE Lakemoor ARTS ASSOC.] Lakewood Engineering Firms [see: CONSULTING FIRMS] Marengo Entertainment [Crescent Bay Landing*, etc.] McHenry Environment / Pollution* [Solar Energy*, Open McHenry Township Burning Forum Group [ROOTED]*, Nunda Township Homeowners Environment & Land Richmond Partnership [HELP]* National Riley Township Public Lands Day*, etc.] [also Seneca Township see: DEFENDERS, RECYCLERS] Townships [Algonquin, Burton, miscellaneous Hartland, Marengo, etc.] Air Quality Reports Union Earth Day Wonder Lake Global Warming* Woodstock Groundwater Pollution Candidates’ Election Literature miscellaneous miscellaneous McCullom Lake Congressional and State miscellaneous County Board Trial County Officials miscellaneous Leaf Burning - Illegal Burning [Auditor, Clerk, Coroner, Mercury States Attorney, Supt. Solar Energy - Nuclear Energy Of Schools, Treasurer, Woodstock Die Cast Cleanup etc.] Woodstock Gun Club Cleanup Judges Environmental Defenders of McHenry Co. [see: Sheriffs DEFENDERS] Election Results - County Ephemeral Election Results - Townships Equipment [also see: TOOLS] Judge’s Election Instructions Ethanol Plant Non-election Court House Etiquette [see: CUSTOMS] Specimen Ballots/County Evangelists [Billy Sunday*, etc.] Star Reporter & Miscellaneous Lit. Excavating Business Voting Machines - computer Electric Lines [R.R.] [see: RAILROADS - PRE 1945 ELECTRIC LINES] 4 Strings Attached [see: MUSIC-BANDS- Electricians - Electrical Supply Companies ORCHESTRA- misc.] Electric & Gas Utilities [see: UTILITIES] 4-H Clubs [see: CLUBS - 4-H] Electronic Equipment [CD, DVD players*, karaoke FFA [see: FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA] players*, home theatre systems*, Fabric Shops VCR*][also see: Factories - Manufacturing* - Industry* [also see: PHONOGRAPHS,TAPE ALEMITE / DIE CASTING, RECORDERS, RADIO, WOODSTOCK-OLIVER TELEVISION] TYPEWRITER CO., BUTTER & Electronics Stores [see: APPLIANCE STORES also CHEESE FACTORIES, TOOL & ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT] DIE, WAGON MAKERS] Page 19
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Miscellaneous Marengo - Riley Canning Factories* miscellaneous Pickle Factories [other than Clausen] Arnold Engineering Co.* Algonquin Collins & Burgie Stove Factory* Cary Marengo Foundry* miscellaneous Marengo Specialty Mfg. Co. Accutronics McGill Metal Products* Cary Apron Co. Nissan Industrial Equipment Coilcraft Warner Elec. Brake & Clutch Co.* Sage Products McHenry Seaquist Valve Co. miscellaneous Crystal Lake Affinia Group Inc. miscellaneous Brake Parts Co. AptarGroup Chroma Corp. American Terra Cotta Co. / TC Dana Brake & Chassis Industries* Follett Software Chemtool Hunter Boat Co.* Dodge Trophies & Awards* Master Coil Springs* Eisenmann Modine Manufacturing Co.* Farr Co. Richmond General Kinematics Corp. Ridgefield Harnischfeger Corp.* Ringwood Knaack Manufacturing Co. * miscellaneous Mathews Co.* Modine* National Yeast Co. Rohm and Haas* Oak Manufacturing* Spring Grove Power Conversion Products* miscellaneous Precision Twist Drill & Machine Intermatic* Co. International Register Co.* Sage Products Inc.* Scot Forge* Statter Wallpaper Co.* Union Sun Electric* miscellaneous Switzer - Craft Aubrey Mfg. Co.* Fox River Grove Casein Mfg. Co. Harvard K. W. Muth - M.A.L.C.O. miscellaneous Southern California Chemical Admiral Group - Rockwell Techalloy Illinois Inc.* Int’l* Woodstock Butcher Boy* miscellaneous Lanning Bag Co.* Brown Mfg. Motorola* Clausen Pickle Factory Starline Products, Inc.* Guardian Electric* Hebron Joslyn Mfg. Co.* miscellaneous Mather Crown Industrial Products Co. Plaspros Vaughn & Bushnell Precision Quincy Oven Co. Huntley R. & B Metal Products* miscellaneous Thatcher Tubes* H. D. Catty Corp. Wells Mfg. Co.* Union Special Corp.* Woodstock Typewriter Co.* Wabash Magnetic Tape Co.* Fads Wm. M. Fencil Co.* Fair Diddley Johnsburg Fair Oaks Nursing Home [see: NURSING HOMES] Lake In The Hills Fair on the Square [see: ARTS & ARTISTS - ARTS Page 20
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& CRAFT FAIRS] Milk Producers Assoc.* Faith in Action [see: SENIOR CITIZENS] Poultry Assoc.* Fall Housewalk [see: HOUSES-C.L.-AUTUMN Farm Products Show [see: MARENGO FAIR] TOUR OF HOMES] Farm Supply Stores [Farm & Fleet*, etc.] [also see: Families of Military Personnel [FMP] FEED BUSINESS] Family Alliance miscellaneous Family CARE of McHenry Co. [see: SELF HELP - Harvard SUPPORT GROUPS] Marengo Family Health Partnership Clinic [see: DOCTORS- Woodstock CLINICS - WOODSTOCK] miscellaneous Family Recreation Center [see: RECREATION - ConServe FS* REC CENTERS] McHenry Co. Farmers’ Co-op Family Service & Comm. Mental Health Center for Assoc.* McHenry Co. [see: MENTAL HEALTH] McHenry Co. Service Co.* Family Service of McHenry Co. [see: MENTAL McHenry FS* - Farmtown* HEALTH MISC.] Farm Tours Family Violence Coordinating Council [see: Farmtown [see: FARM SUPPLY STORES - COURTS IN McHENRY CO.] McHENRY FS] Farm & Fleet [see: FARM SUPPLY STORES] Farmer’s Markets Farm Implement Dealers - Lawn & Garden Equip.* miscellaneous miscellaneous Huntley Crystal Lake Marengo Harvard Woodstock Huntley Farmers’ Institute [see: FARM ORG. - FARMERS’ Marengo INSTITUTE] McHenry Farms [also see: DAIRYING, SOD Woodstock - Hebron FARMING, TRUCK FARMING] Farm Machinery [also see: FARM IMPL. DLRS.] miscellaneous miscellaneous [organic farms, etc.] Centennial Farms Combines - Corn Pickers Alden Cultivators, Harrows, Ensilage Cutters, Bull Valley Choppers County Planters Crystal Lake Plows Fox River Grove Self Binders, Mowers, Reapers, Rakes, Hartland Balers Harvard Spreaders Huntley Tractors* Lake in the Hills Threshing Machines* Marengo - Riley - Union Farm Operations [see: FARMS] McHenry Farm Organizations [also see: [BANKS - Richmond - Burton WDSTK.- FEDERAL LAND BANK, Woodstock LIVESTOCK ASSOC., McHENRY CO. Farmtown [see: FARM SUPPLY STORES] DAIRY COUNCIL, FUTURE FARMERS Feed Businesses [also see: COAL, FARM SUPPLY OF AMERICA, also PURE MILK ASSOC.] STORES, LUMBER YARDS, miscellaneous MILLS] Agricultural Society miscellaneous Credit Services - Land Bank* Crystal Lake Dairy [breeders org., etc.] Huntley Extension Services Marengo Farmers’ Club - Agriculture Club Union Farmers’ Institute* Woodstock McHenry Co. Lamb and Wool Producers Fences Assoc.* Fens [see: MARSHES] Page 21
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Ferries Fish Hatchery* Festival of the Sugar Maples [see: MAPLE Fitness Centers [see: HEALTH FITNESS SUGARING] CENTERS] Festivals [see: BOATS, also PARADES] Flag [History of, etc.] Film Making [Video Production*, etc.] Floods [see: NATURAL DISASTERS] Actors - Actresses Floor Covering - [Tile/Carpet*/Rug, Stores, etc.] Film Makers miscellaneous Locations Business miscellaneous miscellaneous Richmond Algonquin Woodstock Crystal Lake Film Processing Business Harvard Finance Companies - Credit Unions* [McHenry Co. Marengo Credit Union*, etc.] McHenry Firehouse Fine Arts Gallery [see: ART & ARTISTS - Woodstock ARTS & CRAFT FAIRS & EXHIBITS] Florists - Greenhouses* Fires -Fire Department - Rescue Squad* miscellaneous miscellaneous Algonquin Training Crystal Lake Ambulance-Paramedics-Rescue Sqd. misc. Harvard Alden Marengo Algonquin / L.I.T.H. McHenry Barrington Hills Woodstock Cary Flowers [see: GARDENS] Chemung Flyers & Tires Festival [see: AIRPORTS - GAULT] Crystal Lake [2] Food [see: CUSTOMS - MENUS] [also see: Fox River Grove RECIPES] Greenwood Food Banks [see: SOCIAL SERV. ORG.] Hartland Food Pantry [see: SOCIAL SERV. ORG.] Harvard Food Products Hebron For the Children Hand Car Races [see: Huntley RAILROADS-POST 1945-McHENRY] Lakemoor Foreign Exchange Students [see: AMERICAN Lakewood FIELD SERVICE] Marengo Forgery [see: CRIME - FORGERY] McCullom Lake Forum for Community Service McHenry [City] 4 - H Clubs [see: CLUBS] McHenry Township Foundations Nunda miscellaneous [Light Center Prairie Grove Foundation*, Make a Wish, Richmond etc.][also see: LAND Richmond Twp. FOUNDATION OF Ringwood McHENRY CO.] Solon Mills Assisi Animal Foundation* Spring Grove District #158 Foundation* Union District #200 Foundation* Wonder Lake Friends of MCC Foundation* Woodstock Friends of McHenry Co. Sheriff Foundation Fireplaces Gavers Comm. Cancer Foundation* Fireworks Lakeside Legacy Foundation* Firsts Land Foundation of McHenry Co*. F.I.S.H. [see: McHENRY F.I.S.H.] Make a Wish Foundation* Fish [Bait and Tackle Shops*, Izaak Walton Marengo Area School Foundation* League*, etc.] McHenry Co. Community Foundation* Page 22
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McHenry Co. Conservation Foundation* Future Farmers [FFA*] Pioneer Center Foundation miscellaneous St. Baldrick’s Foundation Harvard Foundries [see: MACHINE SHOPS & FOUNDRIES, Huntley also see FACTORIES] Illinois Fox River Picnic Grove [see: PARKS - F.R.G.] Marengo - Union Fox Waterway Agency, Chain O’ Lakes-Fox River Woodstock Waterway Management Agency* Framing Shops Fraternal Organizations [see: SERVICE LEAGUES, G.A.R. [see: GRAND ARMY of the REPUBLIC] also see: CLUBS] G.I.S. [see: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Fraternite [see: MONESTERY] SYSTEM] Freecycle of McHenry Co. [see: RECYCLERS] Gambling [see: CRIME - GAMBLING] [also see: Freedom of Information Act VIDEO GAMBLING] Friends of King Neptune [see: RIVERS - BOONE Game Warden CREEK] Games Friends of MCC Foundation [see: FOUNDATIONS] miscellaneous [bunco, marbles, puzzles, Friends of McHenry Co Sheriff Foundation [see: Scrabble, etc.] FOUNDATIONS] Board Games Friends of the Opera House [see: OPERA HOUSES - Card Games WOODSTOCK] Video Games Fuel Oil [see: OIL COMPANIES] Gaming Centers [see: RECREATION FACILITIES] Funeral [also see: CUSTOMS - MOURNING] Gangs [see: CRIME] Funeral Homes - Undertakers* - Crematory* Garages [see: AUTO REPAIR] [also see: FURNITURE STORES] Garages [Private] miscellaneous [Columbaria*, etc.] Garden Clubs [see: CLUBS GARDEN] Algonquin Garden Quarter Neighborhood Resource Center [see: Cary SOCIAL SERVICE ORG.] Crystal Lake Gardens/Flowers* [Underwood Gardens, etc.] Harvard Garden Valley Road Autumn Drive [see: ARTS & Huntley ARTISTS - ARTS & CRAFTS Marengo FAIRS] McHenry Gasoline Filling Stations [also see: OIL Richmond COMPANIES, AUTO REPAIR] Wonder Lake miscellaneous [Ethanol Plant, etc.] Woodstock Algonquin Furniture Cary - Fox River Grove Furniture Stores Crystal Lake miscellaneous Harvard Alden Huntley Algonquin Marengo Crystal Lake McHenry Harvard Richmond Huntley Union Marengo Woodstock McHenry Gavers Community Cancer Foundation [see: Richmond FOUNDATIONS] Woodstock Gay Games [see: PARKS - CRYSTAL LAKE] miscellaneous Gender Issues [sex change, etc.] Donahue Genealogical Forms & Information Martin’s General Stores Furniture and Undertaking miscellaneous Furs / Fur Shops Alden [mink ranches*, etc.] Algonquin Page 23
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Cary - Fox River Grove Commission*, etc.] Crystal Lake Gravel Pits - Mining* [see: SAND - GRAVEL - Greenwood STONE] Hartland Greenhouses [see: FLORISTS] Harvard Greeting Cards [see: CUSTOMS-CARDS] Huntley Grills [gas, charcoal] Marengo [Boston, Bremer, Gault's, Hackley, Groceries - Supermarkets* - Convenience Stores* Patrick & Woleben] miscellaneous McHenry Algonquin Nunda Twp. Cary Richmond Crystal Lake Union - Coral Fox River Grove Woodstock Greenwood Germans [see: IMMIGRANTS - GERMAN] Harvard Geographic Information System [G.I.S.]* Hebron Gift Shops - Card Shops* - Novelty Stores* Huntley miscellaneous Johnsburg Algonquin Lake In The Hills Cary - Fox River Grove Lily Lake - Lillymoor Crystal Lake Marengo Harvard miscellaneous Huntley Central Grocery Marengo The Pantry McHenry Patrick Bros. Richmond Royal Blue Woodstock Triangle Gladiators Football Team [see: FOOTBALL-MEN] Wisteds Glass [bowls, glasses, etc] [also see: ARTS & McHenry ARTISTS-STAINED GLASS] Richmond Glass & Mirror Stores* Spring Grove Global Warming [see: ENVIRONMENT] Union Go-Cart Races [see: SPORTS-RACING] Woodstock Go-Cart Tracks [see: RECREATION] Ground Hog Day [see: PARADES - WOODSTOCK] Gold Rush Information GROW [Giving Real Opportunities to Golf Courses [see: COUNTRY CLUBS] Women] [see: SOC. SERV. ORG. - MISC.] Goodwill Stores [see: RESALE SHOPS] Guardian Electric [see: FACTORIES - WDSTK.] Grain Elevators - Grain Dealers Guns [clubs, dealers, etc.] Grand Army of the Republic [G.A.R.*] [also see: Gypsies MILITARY - CIVIL WAR- VETERANS] Grand Army of the Republic Habitat for Humanity of McHenry County Women’s Relief Corps* Hack-ma-tack Wildlife Refuge [see: NATURAL Granges AREAS] miscellaneous HAHS [Hooved Animal Humane Society] [see: Alden - Hebron ANIMALS - HORSES - CRUELTY] Harvard Hair Styles Marengo Hair Wreaths Pomona Halloween [see: CUSTOMS - HALLOWEEN] Ridgefield Ham Radio [see: RADIO - RADIO STATIONS] Riley Hand Car Races [see: RAILROADS- POST 1945- Seneca McHENRY] Granny's Place [see: RECREATION - REC Hardware Stores [also see: HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTERS] STORES] Grants [Community Development Block Grant miscellaneous Page 24
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Algonquin - L.I.T.H. Health System Agency for Kane/Lake/McH. Co. Cary Hearing Aids - Sales & Service Crystal Lake Hearthstone Communities [also see: WDSTK. Fox River Grove CHRISTIAN LIFE SERV.] Harvard Hearthstone Manor [see: SENIORS-HOUSING- Hebron WOODSTOCK] Huntley Hearthstone Village [see: SENIORS-HOUSING- Marengo WDSTK -HEARTHSTONE MANOR] McHenry Heartland Blood Center [see: HEALTH AGENCIES] Richmond Heating - Plumbing* - Air Conditioning* Spring Grove miscellaneous Union Cary Woodstock Crystal Lake Harmilda Harvard Harness Makers Huntley Harnischfeger Corp. [see: FACTORIES - C.L.] Marengo Harvard Main Street [see: HISTORIC McHenry PRESERVATION - HARVARD] Woodstock Harvard Village [see: SENIORS - HOUSING] Heaven City Hatcheries [see: FISH HATCHERIES, POULTRY Hebrews [see: CHURCHES McHENRY CO. - FARMS] ISLAMIC] Hats [see: MILLINERY] Heinold Hog Market [see: MEAT INDST. MISC.] Headbands Helping Paws [see: PET CARE-ANIMAL Health Agencies [also see: MENTAL HEALTH, SHELTERS] HOSPICE FOR McHENRY CO.] Heroin Awareness Foundation [see: DRUG ABUSE] miscellaneous [Blood Banks, Hironimous Gang [see: CRIME - ROBBERIES - Comprehensive Health misc.] Planning Agency*, Heartland Hispanics [see: IMMIGRANTS - HISPANICS] Blood Center*, Horizons for the Historic Preservation [also see: LANDMARKS- Blind*, etc.] HISTORIC SITES & Adult & Child Rehab* STRUCTURES] Health Articles on Diseases/Handicapped/etc. [also miscellaneous see: DISEASES]. County Historic Preservation Act Health Fitness Centers* Historic Preservation Study Committee miscellaneous Historic Preserv. Week/Month Algonquin Illinois Hist. Preservation Agency Info Crystal Lake Main Street Program Huntley McHenry Co. Pres. Ordinance McHenry National Trust for Hist. Preservation Info Woodstock Towns Health Food Stores [see: GROCERS] miscellaneous Health Organizations Algonquin [Hist Pres. Ord., etc.] miscellaneous Crystal Lake [Hist. Pres. Ord., Aids* Main Street, etc.] American Diabetes Association* Harvard [Main Street*, etc.] American Heart Association* Huntley Cancer Crusade* [Relay for Life*,etc.] Marengo [Main Street, etc.] Cerebral Palsy McHenry [Hist. Pres. Ord., etc.] Cystic Fibrosis Richmond March of Dimes* Woodstock M. S. Society Tax Incentives - Funding Muscular Dystrophy* Historic Sites - & Structures [see: LANDMARKS- T. B. Association HISTORIC SITES, also HOUSES] Health Spa* Historical Societies - Commissions [also see: Page 25
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McHENRY CO. HISTORICAL Home Bureau [see: HOMEMAKERS] SOCIETY also McHENRY Home Canning [see: RECIPIES] LANDMARK COMMISSION] Home Heating Oil [see: OIL COMPANIES] miscellaneous Home Improvement Stores - Paint Stores* [also see: Algonquin Historic Commission HARDWARE STORES] Cary - Fox River Grove Historic. Soc. miscellaneous Crystal Lake Historic Pres. Comm. Crystal Lake Harvard McHenry Huntley Woodstock Lake in the Hills Historic. Society Home of the Sparrow Marengo Historic Pres. Comm./ Marengo Home Stagers [see: INTERIOR DECORATION] Society for Historic Pres. Home Theatre Systems [see: ELECTRONIC McHenry Area Historical Society EQUIP.] McHenry Co. Historic Pres. Comm. [Old Homeland Security - the Local Response [see: House Support Group*, etc.] McHENRY CO. EMERGENCY Woodstock Hist. Society SERVICES & DISASTER History- General AGENCY] History - McHenry County [also see: PERSONAL, Homeless [see: PADS also McHENRY CO. MUNICIPALITY FILES, HOUSING AUTHORITY] McHENRY CO. HISTORY BOOK Homemakers 1968] Home and Community Education [HCE]* miscellaneous Homemakers [HEA] Newspaper Columns miscellaneous miscellaneous Hebron - Richmond - Cary - “Echoes Across the Prairie” Crystal Lake - Algonquin Crystal Lake Coral - Union “News of 25 Years Grafton - Marengo - Riley - Ago” Rush Creek Harvard Woodstock - Greenwood - Seneca “Nostalgia” Chemung - West Dunham “Remember When” Home Bureau* “Way Back When” Homeowners Environment & Land Partnership Huntley [HELP] [see: ENVIROMENT] “Huntley Trails” Hooved Animal Humane Society [HAHS] [see: Marengo ANIMALS - HORSES - CRUELTY] “Mike’s Corner” Horizons For The Blind [see: HEALTH AGENCIES- McHenry MISC.] “Twice Told Tales” Hornbook “Ruminations by Rudy” Horse Fair [see: ANIMALS-HORSES-SPRING 20th Century Remembered at GROVE HORSE FAIR] The Year 2000 Horses [see: ANIMALS - HORSES] [Newspaper Articles] Horseshoer [see: BLACKSMITHS] [also see: MILLENIUM] Hospice for McHenry County - Hospice of Woodstock Northeastern IL “Put and Take” Hospital Info “To the Point” Hospitals Hobbies miscellaneous Hobby Shops [see: CRAFT STORES] Centegra Health Systems* Holidays [see: CUSTOMS] [Board of Directors, misc.] Hobo Camps Crystal Lake Hollanders [see: IMMIGRANTS - DUTCH] Mercy Crystal Lake Hospital Home and Community Ed. [HCE] Sherman Crystal Lake Comm. [see: HOMEMAKERS] Hosp Home-Based Businesses Harvard Page 26
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Harvard Memorial Hospital - Wonder Lake Mercy Harvard Hospital Woodstock Business - Administration - Staff Houses [also see: ARCHITECTURE-BLUEPRINTS, Building [construction-additions] BED & BREAKFAST, LANDMARKS - History HISTORIC SITES] Technology - Treatments General [miscellaneous] Women’s Auxiliary Cobblestone Huntley Lustron McHenry Alden McHenry Hospital - Northern IL Algonquin Medical Center* Barreville Auxiliary Barrington Hills Board, Staff, Nurses Bull Valley Treatment & Technology miscellaneous McHenry Hospital Stickney NIMC Buildings Cary Woodstock Crystal Lake & Lakewood [also see: Memorial Hospital of McHenry HOUSES - Co., Memorial Medical COBBLESTONE] Center*, Centegra Hospital - miscellaneous Woodstock* Autumn Tour of Homes*/ Fall Annual Reports Housewalk* [Service Auxiliary [Wdstk. League of C. L. Tours] Hospitality Day, Heritage Tour etc.] House Moving Board of Directors "Landmark" Houses Buildings - Additions "Plaqued" Houses Business, misc. Sears Catalog Houses* Technology-Treatments Tours, miscellaneous Woodstock Public Hosp. Colby House Hostages Collen House Hotels, Motels* & Boarding Houses* Dole Mansion miscellaneous Gates House Algonquin Palmer [Col. G.] Cary Pomeroy House Crystal Lake "Pump House" miscellaneous Walkup House Bethel Hotel / Richmond Hse. Wallace House Lake Shore Hse./ Beach Hse. Fox River Grove Leonard House miscellaneous Pingry Hotel Bettendorf Castle Coral Greenwood Fox River Grove Griswold Lake Harvard Harvard Hebron miscellaneous Huntley House Walks/Tours Lily Lake Houses used for training by Marengo Harvard Fire Protection Dist. McHenry "Landmark" & "Plaqued" Houses Pistakee Hall House Richmond House of Seven Gables Ridgefield Hebron Spring Grove Huntley Union Johnsburg Page 27
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"Kit" Homes* miscellaneous Lake in the Hills House Moving Lakemoor/Lily Lake House Tours Lakewood Log Homes Marengo “Plaqued” Houses miscellaneous Post WW II Houses "Landmark" Houses Pre WW II Houses Marengo Historical Homes Tour Razed Houses [miscellaneous tours] Abbott House/Austin House "Plaqued" Houses Barnes House "Groundhog Hse." Bartholomew/Casey House Buell House ["Gingerbread House", Joslyn House Halzel House, Tauck Kennedy Way Station House] [Paulsen House] Coon House Mast House Damon House [Curtiss House] Murphy Houses Harmony Hills Farm Wright Houses Hibbard "Cupola House" Human Relations Patrick [family] Houses [Reed Hse] Humane Society [see: PET CARE] Piper House [O.P. Rogers House] Humor Reed House [see: PATRICK HSE.] Hunter Boat Co. [see: FACTORIES - McHENRY] Robb House Hypnosis Seward House "Coach & Four" [Kling House] Shurtleff [family] Houses IETC [see: LABOR] McHenry Ice Boxes & Refrigerators* miscellaneous Ice Cream Shops [see: CANDY STORES] House Tours/Walks Ice Cutting & Ice Houses "Landmark" Houses Ice Skating Rinks [see: RECREATION] "Plaqued" Houses Ice Storms [see: NATURAL DISASTERS] The "Counts House" Illinois Bicentennial Dobyns House Illinois Environmental Protection Agency John Miller House Illinois Lottery Justen Family Houses Illinois & Michigan Canal Owen House Illinois Storytelling Festival [see: PARADES - Perry House SPRING GROVE] "Waterfall House" Illinois Turners’ Camp Wright - Comiskey - Vales House Imagine McHenry Co. Pistakee Immigrants Richmond miscellaneous miscellaneous Dutch* - Hollanders* Covell House German* Gibbs House Latinos * - Hispanic* McConnell House Irish* - Scotch* Ridgefield Income Tax Service [see: ACCOUNTANTS] Riley Industry [see: FACTORIES] Ringwood [also see: MCCD POWERS- Incorporation Permits WALKER HOUSE] Independent Order of Odd Fellows & Rebekah Solon Mills Area miscellaneous Spring Grove I.O.O.F. Union Crystal Lake #451 Wonder Lake Harvard #117 Woodstock [also see: SPRING HOUSE - Marengo WOODSTOCK] Woodstock #60 Page 28
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Rebekahs Algonquin - L.I.T.H. miscellaneous Cary - Fox River Grove Harvard Crystal Lake Marengo Harvard Woodstock Hebron Indians Huntley miscellaneous Marengo - Union Historic [McHenry Co.] McHenry Area Artifacts - Burial Grounds, etc. Richmond Indian Trails Union Powwows [Mascoutin Powwow, Woodstock Osawan Powwow] Jenner Sheet Metal Shop [see: METALS] Prehistoric Jewelers & Jewelry Insects / Pests*, etc. [also see: TREES-EMERALD miscellaneous ASH BORER INFESTATION, TREES-GYPSY Algonquin MOTH INFESTATION] Cary Insurance Agencies Crystal Lake miscellaneous Harvard Algonquin Marengo Crystal Lake McHenry Harvard Union Huntley Woodstock Marengo Jewish Customs [see: CUSTOMS - JEWISH] McHenry Job Placement Serv. [see: LABOR] Woodstock Job’s Daughters [see: MASONS - EASTERN STAR] Insurance Policies Jones Packing [see: MEAT INDUSTRY- PACKING Interior Decoration - Interior Decorators - Home PLANTS] Stagers* Job Training [see: LABOR - JTPA] Intermatic Co. [see: FACTORIES - SPRING Joslyn Mfg. Co. [see: FACTORIES - WDSTK.] GROVE] Judges International Order of Job’s Daughters [see: County - Circuit - 19th Judicial Circuit - MASONS - EASTERN STAR] Thru 2006 International Register Co. 22nd Judicial Circuit - 2007 thru [see: FACTORIES - SPRING GROVE] Judith Svalander Dance Co. [see: DANCE] Insane Asylum [see: NURSING HOMES - VALLEY July 4th [see: CUSTOMS - JULY 4TH] Junior Women’s Civic Group HI] Justices of the Peace Internet - McHenry County Inventions & Patents*[mouse traps, etc.] Inventory K Mart Stores [see: DEPARTMENT STORES] Investment Companies Karoake Players [see: ELEC. EQUIPMENT] Invoices / Statements* / Receipts* Karate [see: MARTIAL ARTS] Irish [see: IMMIGRANTS - IRISH] Keys [Locksmith*, etc.] Iron Craft [see: ARTS & ARTISTS - IRON CRAFT] KICKS Sports Complex [see: RECREATION Irons [for pressing clothes] MISC.] Iroquois Theater Fire - McHenry Co. Victims Kidnapping [see: CRIME - KIDNAPPING] Islamic [see: CHURCHES - McHENRY CO.] Kindermusic Classes [see: MUSIC- TEACHERS] Izaak Walton League [see: FISH] Kishwaukee Valley Medical Group [see: DOCTORS- CLINICS - WOODSTOCK] Kishwaukee Valley Water Authority Jacks for Buggies/Cars/Wagons "Kit" Homes [see: HOUSES] Jails [also see: CRIME-JAILS] Kitchens [aprons*, cookware*, small appliances*, Jaycees etc.][also see: ICE BOXES, miscellaneous STOVES] Page 29
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Kiwanis [see: CLUBS - KIWANIS] Lakeside Legacy Foundation [see: FOUNDATIONS] Knaack Manuf. Co. [see: FACTORIES - C.L.] Lakewood Neighborhood Resource Center [see: Knights of Columbus SOCIAL SERVICES] miscellaneous Lamps - Lanterns - Fixtures - Lighting* Crystal Lake #10678 & #3880 Land Conservancy of McHenry Co. [also see Harvard #1204 LAND FOUNDATION OF Huntley #11666 McHENRY CO.] McHenry #1288 Land Foundation of McHenry County [see: Richmond #8366 FOUNDATIONS, also see: Woodstock #776 LAND CONSERVACY OF Knights of the Globe & Mystic Workers McHENRY CO.] Knights Templar [see: SERV. - FRAT. ORG.] Land Patents [see: LEGAL - LAND PATENTS]] Knitting Landfill - Waste Management* - Disposal Co.* Korean War [see: MILITARY- KOREAN WAR] [also see: ENVIROMENT] Ku Klux Klan miscellaneous Between Algonquin & LITH Disposal Companies* / Waste Haulers* LAMCOG [Lake and McHenry Council of Near Huntley Governments] Rte. 47 & 176 LP Gas Distributors [see: PROPANE] Sludge Labor [also see: COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYEE Waste Management Site TRAINING ACT [C.E.T.A.] Waste Transfer Station* miscellaneous Woodstock Comprehensive Employee Training Act Landbank [see: FARM ORG. - CREDIT SERV.] JTPA* - IETC* [Job Training*] Landmarks - Historic Sites [also see: HOUSES, also Job Market Trends HISTORIC PRESERVATION] Job Placement* - Staffing Service* miscellaneous Job Service [McHenry Co. Workforce Landmark Preservation Council Network, Unemployment*] Locations School miscellaneous - County Strikes* [also see: MILK STRIKES] Algonquin Area Unions* Crystal Lake Area Wage Rates Harvard Area Labor Day [see: CUSTOMS - LABOR DAY] Huntley Area Lace - Crocheting* Marengo Area L.I.T.H. Air Expo [see: AIRPORTS - L.I.T.H.] McHenry Area Lakes & Beaches Richmond Area miscellaneous Woodstock Area Crystal Lake National Register of Historic Places Griebel’s Beach Other Historic Districts Griswold Lake Surveys Kunde Woods Lake miscellaneous Lake in the Hills Lakes Historic Sites Lily Lake Historic Structures McCullom Lake Woodstock Landmark Commission* Pistakee Lake Silver Lake Landscaping Business [see: NURSERIES] Three Oaks Recreation Area [also see: Languages Vulcan Lakes] Lanning Bag Co. [see: FACTORIES - HARVARD] Thunderbird Lake Latinos [see: IMMIGRANTS] Vulcan Lakes [also see: Three Oaks Rec. Laundries & Cleaners* Area] miscellaneous Wonder Lake Crystal Lake Lakeside Center - Lakeside Arts Park Harvard Page 30
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Marengo Lincoln, Abraham [see: PRESIDENTS OF THE McHenry UNITED STATES] Woodstock Limousines [see: TAXIS] Law Day [see: McHENRY CO. BAR ASSOC.] Lions Clubs [see: CLUBS - LIONS] Lawn & Garden Equip. Liquor Stores - Beer Distributors* [see: FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERS] miscellaneous Lawsuits [see: CRIME - PROPERTY CASES] Algonquin Lawyers - Attorneys* Cary - Fox River Grove miscellaneous Crystal Lake Algonquin Harvard Cary - Fox River Grove Lake in the Hills Crystal Lake Marengo Harvard McHenry Huntley Richmond Marengo Woodstock McHenry Livery Stables Wonder Lake Livestock Association [Northeastern IL Woodstock Cattleman’s Assoc.*, Laser Tag [see: RECREATION - MISC.] McHenry Co. Livestock Feeders‘s Leadership Greater McHenry Co. Assoc., etc.] League of Women Voters Livestock Dealers [see: ANIMALS - CATTLE] Legal Locker Plants [see: MEAT INDUSTRY] miscellaneous Locks of Love Adoption Locksmith [see: KEYS] Agreements* & Contracts* Log Cabin [Gannon] Garnishee, Summons* Log Cabins [other than Gannon] Land Patents* Looms [see: WEAVING LOOMS] Release Deeds Lottery [see: ILLINOIS LOTTERY] Tax Bills* [also see: TAXES] Low Income Housing [see: McHENRY CO. Letters [see: EARLY LETTERS] HOUSING Libraries AUTHORITY] miscellaneous Loyola Univ. Retreat & Ecology Campus [see: Algonquin CAMPS - RETREATS - RESURRECTION Cary CENTER] Crystal Lake Lumber Yards [also see: COAL] Fox River Grove miscellaneous Harvard Alden Hebron Algonquin Huntley Cary - Fox River Grove Johnsburg Crystal Lake Marengo Hartland - Hebron - Huntley McHenry [McHenry Pub. Library] Harvard McHenry - Nunda Marengo - Union Richmond miscellaneous Union J. H. Patterson Woodstock Shurtleff’s miscellaneous McHenry - Ringwood Rural Wdstk Public Library Dist. Richmond Woodstock Public Library Woodstock Light Center [see: THERAPISTS] Light Center Foundation [see: FOUNDATIONS] Lighting [see: LAMPS] Machine Shops & Foundries* Lights on the Lake [see: BOATS - VENETIAN Mad Cow Disease [see: ANIMALS - CATTLE] NIGHT FESTIVALS] Mailing Services [see: PACKAGING & SHIPPING] Page 31
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Main Stay Therapeutic Riding [see: THERAPY] miscellaneous Make A Difference Day [see: CUSTOMS] Algonquin #752 Make A Wish Foundation [see: FOUNDATIONS] Harvard #362 Magazines [see: BOOKS] Marengo #727 Magistrates [see: POLICE] McHenry #547 Malls [see: SHOPPING CENTERS] Nunda #293 Mannequins Richmond #267 Manufacturing [see: FACTORIES] Woodstock #463 Maple Sugaring [Festival of the Sugar Maples*] Job’s Daughters* [Bethel 98]* Maps Order of Rainbow for Girls* Marble Works Masons & Plasterers [see: BUILDERS] March of Dimes [see: HEALTH ORG.] Massage Therapy [see: THERAPISTS] Marengo Area Schools Foundation [see: Master Coil Springs [see: FACTORIES - FOUNDATIONS] McHENRY] Marengo Centennial [see: MUNICIPALITY FILES - Mathews Co. [see: FACTORIES - CRYSTAL MARENGO] LAKE] Marengo Civic Improvement Association [see: McGill Metal Products MARENGO IMPROVEMENT [see: FACTORIES - MARENGO] SYNDICATE] McHenry Area Youth Commission [see: DRUG Marengo Community Club [see: CLUBS] ABUSE - ALCOHOLISM] Marengo Dramatic Arts Co. [see: THEATRE - McHenry Business & Profess’l. Women’s Club STAGE] [see: CLUBS] Marengo Fair - Farm Products Show McHenry Choral Club [see: MUSIC - CHORAL] Marengo Foundry [see: FACTORIES - MARENGO] McHenry Co. Abstract Co. [see: McHENRY CO. Marengo Improvement Syndicate - Marengo TITLE CO.] Civic Improvement Association* McHenry Co. Administration Building Marengo Industrial & Agricultural Exposition McHenry Co. Animal Control Marengo Ladies’ Home Circle McHenry Co. Antique Farm Equipment Assn. of IL miscellaneous miscellaneous By-laws, Constitution, Membership lists Newsletters Correspondence McHenry Co. Arts Calendar Photos McHenry Co. Association for the Retarded [see: Marengo - Union Small Business Owners Org. [see: MENTALLY HANDICAPPED] BUSINESS MISC. - MARENGO] McHenry Co. Association of Realtors [see: Marengo Youth Coalition [see: PARKS- REALTORS - MISC.] MARENGO] McHenry Co. Auditor [see: MUNICIPALITIES Marinas [see: BOATS] FILES] Marine Corp. League [see: VETERANS] McHenry Co. Autism Group [see: CHILDREN’S Marriage Records CENTER FOR AUTISM] Marshes, Ponds*, Fens*, Swamps,* Wetlands*[also McHenry Co. Audubon Society [Birders*] see: NATURAL AREA] Martial Arts [Karate*, etc.] McHenry Co. Bar Ass’n [Law Day*, etc.] Martin Luther King Jr. [see: CUSTOMS - M.L.K.Jr.] McHenry Co. Better Roads Coalition [see: STREETS Masonic Organizations MISC.] Algonquin McHenry Co. Board of Health [see: McHENRY CO. Cary - Grove DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH] Crystal Lake McHenry Co. Business Journal [see: BUSINESSES - Harvard MISC.] Hebron McHenry Co. Bicycle Club [see: BICYCLES] Marengo McHenry Co. Career Center McHenry McHenry Co. Child Abuse Prevention Coalition Richmond McHenry Co. Children’s Health & Safety Fair Union McHenry Co. Circuit Clerk [see: MUNICIPALITIES Woodstock FILES] Order of Eastern Star McHenry Co. Civil War Round Table Page 32
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miscellaneous McHenry Co. Farm Bureau Women’s The Civil War Reporter newsletter Committee McHenry Co. Clerk’s Office [see: McHenry Co. Farmers’ Co-op Assoc. [see: FARM MUNICIPALITIES FILES] SUPPLY STORES - McH. CO. FARMERS’ McHenry Co. College Foundation [see: CO-OP ASSOC.] FOUNDATIONS] McHenry Co. Farmland Preservation Alliance McHenry Co. College Student Peace Group [see: McHenry Co. Federal Credit Union [see: FINANCE - ANTI- WAR GROUPS] CREDIT UNIONS] McHenry Co. Community Foundation [see: McHenry Co. Genealogical Society FOUNDATIONS] McHenry Co. Geology McHenry Co. Composite Squadron [see: CIVIL AIR McHenry Co. Government Center PATROL] [see: McHENRY CO. COURTHOUSE] McHenry Co. Comprehensive Mental Health McHenry Co. Gravel Advisory Council [see: SAND - Service System [see: MENTAL HEALTH] GRAVEL - MINING MISC.] McHenry Co. Conservation District [MCCD] [also McHenry Co. Head Start [see: SCHOOL FILES - see: CAMPS-CAMP PRIVATE / PRE SCHOOL] ALGONQUIN, MAPLE McHenry Co. Health Department [see: McHENRY SUGARING*] CO. DEPT. OF HEALTH] miscellaneous McHenry Co. Health Improvement Ass’n Boger Bog McHenry Co. Health System Agency Crow's Foot Conservation Area McHenry Co. Historical Barn Preservationist Assoc. Powers-Walker House McHenry Co. Historical Society Trail of History* [Glacial Park] McHenry Co. Hist. Society - Year of the Barn McHenry Co. Conservation Foundation [see: McHenry Co. History Book [1968] FOUNDATIONS] materials & photos used McHenry Co. Consumer Credit Counseling Svc. [see: McHenry Co. Home and Community Education FINANCE] [HCE] [see: HOMEMAKERS] McHenry Co. Convention & Visitors Bureau [see: McHenry Co. Home Improvement Assoc. TOURISM] McHenry Co. Housing Authority [Affordable McHenry Co. Cooperative Extension Service Housing*, Continuum of Care Committee*, McHenry Co. Council of Governments Low income housing*, etc.] McHenry Co. Court House - Government Center* McHenry Co. JTPA [see: LABOR] McHenry Co. Coroner’s Office [see: McHenry Co. Lamb and Wool Producers Assoc. MUNICIPALITIES FILES] [see: FARM ORG. - McH. CO. LAMB & McHenry Co. Credit Union [see: FINANCE CO.] WOOL PROD. ASSOC.] McHenry Co. Crisis Program [see: MENTAL McHenry Co. Latino Coalition [see: IMMIGRANTS HEALTH-MISC.] - SPANISH] McHenry Co. Dairy Princess [see: PARADES - McHenry Co. Medical Society McHENRY CO. DAIRY PRINCESS] McHenry Co. Medical Reserve Corp. [see: McHenry Co. Dairy Promotion Council McHENRY CO. EMERGENCY McHenry Co. Department of Health - McHenry Co. DISASTER AGENCY] Board of Health* - McHenry Co. Health McHenry Co. Mental Health Board [see: MENTAL Dept.* HEALTH] McHenry Co. Drug Court [see: COURTS IN McHenry Co. Milk Producers [see: PURE MILK McHENRY CO.] ASSOCIATION] McHenry Co. Economic Development Corp McHenry Co. Music Center [see: MUSIC- McHenry Co. Emergency Services and Disaster TEACHERS] Agency [Citizen Emergency McHenry Co. Peace Group [see: ANTI-WAR Response Team*, Homeland GROUPS] Security - the Local Response*, McHenry Co. Peer Jury [see: COURTS IN McHenry Co. Medical McHENRY CO.] Reserve Corp.*, etc.] McHenry Co. Prayer Breakfast McHenry Co. Fair McHenry Co. Recorder’s Office [see: McHenry Co. Farm Bureau MUNICIPALITIES FILES] Page 33
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McHenry Co. Regional Planning Commission [see: McHenry Head Start Center [see: SCHOOL FILES - PLANNING - ZONING McHENRY CO.] PRE SCHOOL] McHenry Co. Republican Women McHenry [City of] Landmark Commission [see: CLUBS, WOMEN’S REPUBLICAN] McHenry Service Co. [see: FARM SUPPLY McHenry Co. Retired Teachers STORES - McH. SERV. CO.] McHenry Co. Senior Citizens Council McHenry Women in Action [see: CLUBS] miscellaneous Meals on Wheels [see: SOC. SERV. ORG.] Meat and Eat*, Senior Centers*, Walk-in- Meal Preparation Companies Centers*, etc. Meat & Eat [see: McHENRY CO. SENIOR miscellaneous CITIZENS COUNCIL] Cary Meat Industry [packing plants*, slaughter houses, Crystal Lake locker plants*, etc.] Harvard miscellaneous [Heinold Hog Market, etc.] Huntley Locker Plants Marengo Packing Plants McHenry Hebron Packing Wonder Lake Jones Packing Woodstock Marengo Packing Co.- Newsletters Pork King Packing Co. McHenry Co. Senior Fair [see: SENIOR CITIZENS] Woodstock Packing Co. McHenry Co. Senior Services [see: SENIOR Meat Markets - Butcher Shops* CITIZENS] miscellaneous McHenry Co. Sheriff [see: POLICE] Algonquin - L.I.T.H. McHenry Co. Soil Improvement - Conservation* - Cary - Fox River Grove McHenry Co. Soil & Water Crystal Lake Conservation Dist. Harvard - Huntley McHenry Co. Sports Plex Marengo - Union McHenry Co. States Attorney [see: McHenry MUNICIPLITIES Woodstock FILES] Medical Reserve Corp. [see: McHENRY CO. EMER. McHenry Co. Substance Abuse Coalition [see: SERV. DISASTER DRUG ABUSE] AGENCY] McHenry Co. Theatre Guild [see: OPERA HOUSES Medicines - WOODSTOCK] Medley of Homes [see: BLDRS.- McHENRY CO. McHenry Co. Title Co. HOME BUILDERS ASSOC.] McHenry Co. Tourism Committee [see: Meet and Eat [see: SENIORS - misc.] TOURISM] Memorial Day [see: CUSTOMS] McHenry Co. Treasurer [see: MUNICIPALITIES Memorial Hall [see: BUILDINGS - RICHMOND] FILES] Memorial Medical Center [see: HOSPITALS] McHenry Co. Veterans Assist. Committee [see: Mental Health [also see: McHENRY CO. VETERANS] COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL McHenry Co. Workforce Network [see: LABOR- HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM] JOB SERVICE-TRAINING] miscellaneous [Family Service of McHenry McHenry Co. Youth Orchestra [see: MUSICAL Co.*, McHenry Co. Crisis BANDS & ORCHESTRAS] Program*, Professional McHenry Co. Youth Service Bureau [Northwest Counselors*, etc.] Coonen High School*, etc.] Family Service & Comm. Mental Health* McHenryCo. Youth Theatre [see: THEATRE - Center for McHenry Co.* STAGE] Family Service-Mental Health Clinic McHenry FS [see: FARM SUPPLY STORES] McHenry Co. Comprehensive Mental McHenry F.I.S.H*. [Friends in Service Here] [see: Health Service System* SERV. ORG. - FOOD PANTRIES - McHenry Co. Mental Health Board* McHENRY] [AmeriCorp*, etc.] McHenry Grandmothers’ Club [see: CLUBS] Mental Health Resource League Page 34
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National Alliance for the Mentally Ill* National Guard* [NAMI]* miscellaneous Rosecrance of McHenry Co.* Co. A Thresholds* Co. G Mentally Handicapped [also see: PIONEER Persian Gulf War* [Desert Storm*] CENTER FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL, Revolutionary War* N.I.S.R.A. ASSOC.] Spanish - American War [1898] miscellaneous Vietnam War* [also see: VETERANS - McHenry Co. Assoc. for the Retarded* VIETNAM WAR] St. Joseph Noviate* miscellaneous Sheltered Village* Deaths - Vietnam War Memorial*, Windgate* Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall* Menus [see: CUSTOMS-MENUS & FOOD] War of 1812 Merchant Marines [see: MILITARY - WWII - World War I* [also see: WOODSTOCK - MERCHANT MARINES] OLIVER CLIPPINGS, also Mesker Buildings [see: BUILDING MATERIALS] PARADES - WOODSTOCK - Metals WOODSTOCK PEACE PARADE, Metra [see: RAILROADS, TRANSPORTATION] WELCOME HOME PARADE] Migrants [also see: IMMIGRANTS] miscellaneous Military [also see: ANTI-WAR GROUPS, Deaths - Roll of Honor PATRIOTISM] Home Front] general [miscellaneous] Lester Edinger letter to Frank Afghanistan War [Operation Enduring Green Freedom] Letters - Post Cards Beirut - Lebanon Official Documents - Brochures, Civil War* etc. Andersonville Prison Camp Songs of WWI Battlefields Troops Deaths - Roll of Honor - Civil War V J Day Monument Veterans [see: VETERANS- WWI] Diaries World War II* Home Front miscellaneous Letters 1941 - 1945 Other Resources Army Nurse Corp. Reactivated Unit - Re-enactments Holocausts Survivors [also see: PARADES - Home Front MARENGO - CIVIL Honor Roll WAR DAYS] Japanese in McHenry Co. Service Papers Letters Veterans [see: VETERANS - Merchant Marines CIVIL WAR] [also see: Photos GRAND ARMY OF THE Rationing Books REPUBLIC - G.A.R.] Remembering Volunteers - Troops Veterans [see: VETERANS - Gulf War [see: Persian Gulf War] WW II] Indian Wars War Dead Notices Iraqi War [Operation Iraqi Freedom] [also Military Insignia see: VETERANS - IRAQI WAR] Milk [also see: BUTTER - CHEESE FACTORIES, Deaths CREAMERIES, DAIRIES, Home Front FARM ORG. - MILK Troops PRODUCERS ASSOC., Korean War* [also see: VETERANS - PURE MILK ASSOC.] KOREAN WAR] Milk Center Squares [see: DANCE - SQUARE Mexican War DANCING CLUBS] Page 35
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Milk Delivery [see: DAIRIES] MILITARY - CIVIL WAR - Milk Factories [see: DAIRIES] DEATHS, MILITARY - VIET Milk Producers Assoc. [see: FARM ORG. - NAM] MILK PRODUCERS ASSOC.] miscellaneous Milk Strikes Businesses Millennium [also see: HISTORY - 20th CENTURY “Statue In The Square” Civil War REMEMBERED AT THE YEAR 2000] Monument Woodstock Millinery Union Soldier - Crystal Lake Mills in McHenry County Moose [Loyal Order of Moose] & Women of the miscellaneous Moose Alden miscellaneous Algonquin Crystal Lake Barreville Harvard Burton McHenry Crystal Lake Mooseheart Fox River Grove Woodstock Franklinville Women of the Moose Greenwood miscellaneous Harmony Crystal Lake Hartland Harvard Harvard & Hebron McHenry Huntley Woodstock Marengo Mopeds [see: MOTORCYCLES] McHenry Motels [see: HOTELS] Nunda Mothers Against Drunk Driving [MADD][see: Richmond CRIME - D.U.I.] Ridgefield Mother’s Clubs [see: CLUBS] Seneca Motorbikes [see: BICYCLES - MOTORBIKES] Solon Mills Motor Scooters Spring Grove Motorcycles Union miscellaneous Wonder Lake Clubs - Groups Woodstock McHenry Co. Antique Motorcycle Show Millworkers [see: CARPENTERS - JOINTERS] Motorcycles Minerals by Illinois Counties Motocross Miniature Railway & Toy Trains* Shops - Business - Dealers Miniature Golf [see: RECREATION - MISC.] Motorola [see: FACTORIES - HARVARD] Mining [see: SAND - GRAVEL - MINING] Mourning Customs [see: CUSTOMS-MOURNING] Mink Barn [see: FURS] Mouse Trap [see: INVENTIONS, also Mink Ranches [see: FURS] FACTORIES - MARENGO - McGILLS] Mirrors [see: GLASS & MIRROR STORES] Murder [see: CRIME - MURDER] Miss McHenry Co. [see: PARADES - McHENRY Muscular Dystrophy [see: HEALTH ORG.] CO.] Museums Missing Persons [see: CRIME-MISSING miscellaneous PERSONS] Challenger Space - Idea Adventure Mobile Home Parks [see: TRAILER PARKS] Children’s Museum Mobile Phones [see: CELLULAR PHONES] Dick Tracy Museum & Day Modern Woodman of America Board of Directors-Foundation Modine [see: FACTORIES - RINGWOOD] Dick Tracy Days Modine Mfg. [see: FACTORIES - McHENRY] Newsletters Monastery [Fraternite*] Donley Wild West-7Acres-Antique Vlg. Money [see: COINS] Harvard Historical Society Monuments - Statues* [also see: CEMETERIES, Ill. Railway Museum [Union] CEMETERY MONUMENTS, Northern Illinois Fire Museum Page 36
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Underground Railroad Sweet Adelines* Dick Tracy Museum & Day Woodstock Choral Society* Music - Music Stores - Music Teachers Academy* miscellaneous [4 Strings Music - Concerts - Musicals [also see: CHURCHES, Attached*, etc.] MUSIC - CHORAL, OPERA Instrumental Soloists HOUSES, PARADES - Music Stores PAGEANTS, THEATRE- Recitals - Musicals - STAGE] Songs* - Composers* - Writers miscellaneous Teachers - Instruction Algonquin - Cary - Fox River Grove miscellaneous [McHenry Co. Crystal Lake Music Center*, miscellaneous Woodstock Music and Art MCC Second Sunday Series Center*, etc.] Raue Center for the Arts Kindermusic Classes* Harvard - Richmond Northwest Community Music Huntley Academy* McHenry - Johnsburg Vocal Soloists Marengo - Union Woodstock [also see: HOUSES-WDSTK.- Music - Bands & Orchestras* [also see: SCHOOL MASTHOUSE] FILES] miscellaneous miscellaneous Jazz on the Square Algonquin-Cary-Fox River Gr. Off Square Music* [formerly Crystal Lake - Nunda Masthouse Concert miscellaneous Series] Comm. Concerts Assoc. of C.L. Wasted Plains Heraldy Guard Woodstock Folk Festival*, Greenwood Woodstock Mozart Festival* Harvard/Hebron Woodstock Music Festival* Huntley Musical Instruments Marengo-Union Muslim [see: CHURCHES - McHenry McHENRY CO. ISLAMIC] McHenry Co. Youth Orchestra* Ringwood Viscount Drum & Bugle Corp.* 9-11-2001 [see: TERRORISM] Woodstock Nails NAMI [see: MENTAL HEALTH - NATIONAL Music - Choral [also see: WDSTK. FINE ARTS ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLINESS OF ASSOC. - WDSTK. FINE ARTS McH. CO.] CHORAL] National Alliance on Mental Illness of McH. Co. miscellaneous [Contemporary [see: MENTAL HEALTH] Children's Choir of National Day of Prayer [see: RELIGION] McHenry Co.*, etc.] National Forum for Women "Andrews Sisters"* National Guard [see: MILITARY - NATIONAL Barbershop GUARD] Crystal Lake Community Choir National Night Out Against Crime [see: POLICE] McHenry Choral Club* National Public Lands Day [see: ENVIRONMENT] McHenry Co. Music Center’s Natural and Environmental Resources Committee Contemporary Children’s Choir [see: ENVIRONMENTAL] McHenry Co. Chorus Festival Natural Area [also see: MARSHES, PRAIRIE, [consists of co. high WOODS] schools] Natural Disasters [also see: WEATHER RECORDS] New Oratorio Singers, The* general [miscellaneous] Paradise People* Blizzards* Page 37
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Drought Woodstock Sentinel Earthquakes* miscellaneous Floods* 80th Anniversary Edition Hurricane Katrina Night Out Against Crime [see: POLICE] Rain, Thunder, Lightning Norge Ski Club [see: SPORTS - SKIING] Snow* & Ice Storms* Northern IL Cattleman’s Assoc. [see: LIVESTOCK Tornadoes* ASSOC.] Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan [see: McH. CO. Northeast Illinois Planning Commission [also see: EMERG. DISASTER AGENCY] REGIONAL PLANNING BOARD] Naturalization Papers Northern Illinois Medical Center [see: HOSPITALS] Needlework [thimbles* , etc.] Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, New Beginnings [see: SOC. SERV. ORG. MISC.] [Special Olympics*, etc.] New Horizons [see: VETERANS] Northwest Community Music Academy [see: MUSIC New Oratorio Singers, The [see: MUSIC - TEACHERS] CHORAL] Northwest Coonen High School [see: McHENRY New Years Babies CO. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU] New Years Day [see: CUSTOMS - Nostalgia [Harvard newspaper column] [see: NEW YEARS DAY] HISTORY - HARVARD] News Depots Notaries Public Newspapers Novelty Stores [see: GIFT SHOPS] miscellaneous Nudist Colony [see: PARADISE PARK] Algonquin [Alg. Herald, Alg. Citizen, Nurseries - Landscaping* Alg. Arrow, etc.] miscellaneous Cary - Clarion - River Valley Crystal Lake Crystal Lake Harvard Free Press Newspaper Group Marengo Harvard [Harvard Herald, Harvard Woodstock [Rose Farm*, etc.] Independent] Nurses Hebron Nursing Homes Huntley [Huntley Farmside, Huntley miscellaneous Journal, Huntley Rep. News, etc.] Crystal Lake Marengo [miscellaneous] miscellaneous Marengo Beacon Canterbury Place Marengo Journal, Community News Crystal Pines Journal, Fair Oakes Weekly Press Harvard [Harvard Hometown Marengo Republican Care Center, Northfield McHenry [German language] Ave. Nursing Home, McHenry Co. Business Journal Harvard Comm'ty Clinic & Rest McHenry Co. Chronicle Home] McHenry Co. Citizen, McHenry Co. Marengo Democrat, McHenry Co. Florence Nursing Home Republican, McHenry Co. McHenry Union miscellaneous McHenry Plaindealer Alden Terrace Northwest Herald Carestoel of McHenry Richmond Gazette, Nu Vue News Valley Hi [Almshouse*, County Home*, Spring Grove Northeastern Journal Insane Asylum*, Poor Farm*, etc.] The View [Marengo, Union, Huntley] Woodstock Woodstock [Wdstk. American, Wdstk. Dem. miscellaneous Wdstk. Rep., Wdstk. Union, Traditions of Woodstock Wdstk. Journal, The New Era of Woodstock Residence/ Woodstock, etc.] Crossroads Care Center of Woodstock Independent Woodstock Page 38
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Coral “OK Club” [see: RURAL YOUTH] Crystal Lake Oak Manufacturing Fox River Grove [see: FACTORIES - CRYSTAL LAKE] Greenwood Odd Fellows [see: INDEPENDENT ORDER OF Harvard ODD FELLOWS & REBEKAH] Hebron Off Square Music [see: MUSIC-CONCERTS- Huntley WDSTK] Johnsburg Off Track Betting Parlors Lake in the Hills Office Equipment - Office Supply Stores Lakemoor Oil Companies [home heating oil, fuel oil] [also see: Marengo GASOLINE FILLING McHenry STATIONS] McHenry Co. [AARP*, etc.] miscellaneous Richmond Marengo Riley Woodstock Ringwood Oil Drilling in McHenry Co. Seneca Old Courthouse Arts Center [see: ART & ARTISTS] Spring Grove Old House Support Group [see: HIST. SOC. - Union COMM. - McH. CO. HIST. PRES. Wauconda COMM.] Wonder Lake Oliver Typewriter Co. [see: WOODSTOCK - Woodstock OLIVER TYPEWRITER CO.] Organs [see: PIANOS] Olympics Ormsby Motors [see: AUTO DEALERS - C.L.] Open Burning Forum Group [see: ENVIROMENT] Orphanages Open Meetings Act [see: LEGAL - MISC.] Chicago Industrial Home for Opera Houses [also see: THEATRE - STAGE] Children* miscellaneous Woodstock Children’s Home* Fox River Grove Orthodontists [see: DENTISTS] Harvard Orthopedic Surgeons [see: DOCTORS - Marengo ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS] miscellaneous Outhouses Entertainment Outlet Stores [see: DISCOUNT CENTERS] Photos Oxen [see: ANIMALS] McHenry Richmond Woodstock [also see: MUSIC-CONCERTS- P.E.A.C.E. 4 All [see: SELF HELP - SUPPORT WOODSTOCK] GROUPS] miscellaneous PACE Bus Service [see: TRANSPORTATION] Elvira - Wdstk. Opera House Ghost P.A.D.S. [Public Action to Deliver Shelter] McHenry Co. Theatre Guild* [Homeless] Options and Advocacy [see: DISABLED] Packaging & Shipping - Bulk Mailing* Optometrists [see: DOCTORS - OPTOMETRIST] Packing Plants [see: MEAT INDUSTRY] Orchards Pageants [see: PARADES] Orchestras [see: MUSICAL - BANDS] Paint Stores [see: HOME IMPROVEMENT] Order of Rainbow For Girls [see: MASONS - Painters [House] EASTERN STAR] Painting Reverse Glass Oregon Trail / Utter Disaster* Parades, Pageants & Festivals*, etc. [also see: Organic Farms [see: FARMS - MISC.] CUSTOMS - 4th of JULY, Organizations [the smaller ones] [also see: CLUBS, MEMORIAL DAY, etc., also also see: FAMILIES OF MILITARY MUSIC - CONCERTS, BOATS, PERSONNEL] MAPLE SUGARING][centennials, Algonquin etc. see: Cary MUNICIPALITY FILES] Page 39
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Pageants Miscellaneous Richmond Parades - Festivals Miscellaneous Ringwood Algonquin Spring Grove miscellaneous miscellaneous Founders Days Illinois Storytelling Festival* America Bicentennial Union miscellaneous miscellaneous Cary - Fox River Grove Schwabenfest Crystal Lake Woodstock Greenwood miscellaneous Harvard Diversity Day* Huntley Ground Hog Day* Marengo HarvestFest McHenry Miss Woodstock Pageant McHenry County Music in Motion ‘77 State of Illinois Peace Parade Woodstock [end of WWI 11-11-1918] Cary V. J. Day Crystal Lake Welcome Home Parade miscellaneous [June 1919] Gala Festival Woodstock Jamboree Johnny Appleseed Paradise Park Lakeside Festival Paradise People [see: MUSIC-CHORAL] Miss Crystal Lake Paranormal Groups - Org. Oktoberfest Parks Fox River Grove Algonquin Harvard Cary miscellaneous Crystal Lake Milk Days miscellaneous Hebron Booklets miscellaneous Lippold Park Miss Hebron Gay Games* Huntley Veterans Acres miscellaneous Fox River Grove Fall Fest Glacial Park [see: PARKS - RINGWOOD] Huntley Town Picnic Harvard Miss Huntley Hebron Summerfest Huntley [also see: RECREATION- PUBLIC Illinois Sesquicentennial POOLS, RECREATION- Johnsburg REC CENTERS] Lake in the Hills Johnsburg Lakemoor Lake in the Hills Marengo Lakemoor miscellaneous Marengo [also see: RECREATION- Civil War Days PUBLIC POOLS,RECREATION- Settlers Days REC CENTERS, THEATRE- Summerfest, Day in the Park STAGE-MARENGO PARK McHenry DIST.] miscellaneous miscellaneous Fiesta Days Booklets Marine Festival C.E.R.S. Miss McHenry Pageant Calvin Spencer Park McHenry Co. [Miss McHenry Co.*] Indian Oaks McHenry Co. Dairy Princess* Marengo Youth Coalition Page 40
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Nature Center Dunham McHenry Harmony & West Harmony miscellaneous Harvard Knox Park “Musin & Meanderin” Pearl St. / Veterans "Who-When-Where" Peterson Park Hebron Whispering Oaks [Ft. McHnry] Huntley McHenry Township miscellaneous Moraine State Pk. "All About Huntley"- Richmond "Huntley Chit Chat"- Ringwood [Glacial Park*, etc.] "Huntley News Briefs" Spring Grove "Huntley Happenings" Spring Grove Hatchery Park Johnsburg State Parks, misc. Lakemoor - Lilymoor Union Lily Lake Wonder Lake Marengo Woodstock [also see: RECREATION- miscellaneous PUBLIC POOLS] “Local Briefs”, “Personal miscellaneous Mention” Booklets “Local Paragraphs” City Park “Marengo Local News” Emricson Park “Personal Items”, “Past Sesquicentennial Park Events” Square Park “Personal Mention” Patents [see: INVENTIONS] “Thirty Years Ago” Patriotic Act [see: TERRORISM] “Town Crier” Patriotism McHenry Patriots United [see: POLITICAL - misc.] McCullom Lake Patterns Richmond Pavers Ridgefield Pawn Shops Riley P.E.A.C.E. 4 All [see: SELF HELP - SUPPORT Ringwood GROUPS] River Road Peace Groups [see: ANTI-WAR GROUPS] Rush Creek Peaker Plants [see: UTILITIES - ELECTRIC] Seneca - Solon Mills - Sunnyside Peat [see: SOIL - PEAT] Spring Grove Peddlers “State Road” Penmanship Union Penny Mite Society “Union Local News”- Pens - Pencils - Sharpeners "Union"-"Union Items" Pensions Wonder Lake Performing Arts Comm. Theatre Co. [see: Woodstock THEATRE - STAGE] Pests [see: INSECTS] Performing Arts Series [see: WDSTK. FINE ARTS Pet Care [Humane Society*, etc.][also see: ASSOC.] VETERINARIANS, ANIMALS - HORSE - Persian Gulf War [see: MILITARY - PERSIAN CRUELTY] GULF WAR] miscellaneous Personals [also see: HISTORY McHENRY CO. also Animal Shelters RUMINATIONS BY RUDY] miscellaneous miscellaneous Animal House Shelter* Newspaper Columns Helping Paws* Cary Pets in Need* Coral - East Coral Dog Training Crystal Lake Kennels-Day Care Centers-Pet Sitting Page 41
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Neglect - Abuse McHenry Co. Pet Grooming miscellaneous [2020 Unified Plan*, Pets In Need [see: PET CARE-ANIMAL 2030 Land Use Plan, etc.] SHELTERS] Planning Pet Stores miscellaneous Phonographs - Talking Machines* McHenry /Co. Reg. Photographers Planning Comm. miscellaneous Eastern McHen. Co. Algonquin Planning Assoc. Bull Valley Zoning Crystal Lake miscellaneous Fox River Grove - Cary Prairie Grove Harvard Richmond Huntley Ridgefield Marengo Ringwood McHenry Spring Grove Richmond Union Woodstock Wonder Lake Photographs - How to Date Them Woodstock Physical Therapy [see: THERAPISTS] Plants [also see: GARDENS / FLOWERS] Physicians [see: DOCTORS - CLINICS] Pleasant Valley Farms [see: ANIMALS - HORSES - Pianos & Organs* MISCELLANEOUS] Pickle Factories [see: FACTORIES-PICKLE, Pleasant Valley Outdoor Center - Pleasant Valley FACTORIES-WDSTK.- CLAUSEN] Farm [not the same as Pleasant Valley Picnic Grove Park [see: PARKS - F.R.G.] Farms] Picnics [also see: PARKS - F.R.G.] Poetry Pigs [see: ANIMALS - PIGS] Police - Posses - Magistrates* Pilots [see: AVIATION - PILOTS] miscellaneous Pioneer Center for Human Services - VOICE* National Night Out Against Crime* Pioneer Club [see: CLUBS-SENIOR CITIZENS- Algonquin RICHMOND-SPRING GROVE] Bull Valley Pioneer Stories Cary Pipeline Crystal Lake Pistakee Yacht Club [see: BOATS - CLUBS] Fox River Grove Planetary Studies Foundation [see: Harvard FOUNDATIONS- Hebron misc.] Holiday Hills Planning - Zoning* [also see: ANNEXATION, Huntley COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, Island Lake NORTHEASTERN IL PLANNING COM., Johnsburg SHOPPING CENTERS, SUBDIVISIONS] Lake in the Hills miscellaneous Lakemoor Algonquin Lakewood Crystal Lake Marengo - Union Fox River Grove - Cary McCullom Lake Greenwood McHenry County Sheriff Harvard McHenry - McHenry Shores Huntley Oakwood Hills Johnsburg Prairie Grove Lake in the Hills Richmond - Johnsburg Lakemoor Union Lakewood Wonder Lake Marengo Woodstock McHenry Polish National Union [Spojnia] Page 42
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Political [Patriots United*, etc.] miscellaneous Pollution [see: ENVIROMENT] Ford, Gerald Pom Pon Teams [see: SPORTS - CHEERLEADING] Harding, Warren Ponds [see: MARSHES] Kennedy, 1968 History* Pool Rooms [see: BOWLING] Lincoln, Abraham* Pools [public] [see: RECREATION] Obama, Barack Poor Farm [see: NURSING HOMES - VALLEY HI] Reagan, Ronald* Pornography [see: CRIME - SEX] Roosevelt, Franklin Portraits [old] [see: PICTURES] Truman, Harry Post Cards Price Lists - Prices Post Offices [also see: AVIATION - AIR MAIL*] Printing - Printers [also see: FACTORIES] miscellaneous miscellaneous Booklets-History-Newsletters Digital Printing [CD, DVD] Mail Boxes Cary U.S. Stamps-Gov. Post Cards- Crystal Lake Postage Rates Harvard Rural Delivery Huntley Rural Free Delivery 1900-1907* Marengo Alden - Hebron McHenry Algonquin Woodstock Barreville & Terra Cotta miscellaneous Cary Brown Chemung Mather Coral Professional Business Women [see: CLUBS - Crystal Lake - Nunda BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL Fox River Grove WOMEN] Franklinville Professional Counselors [see: MENTAL HEALTH - Greenwood MISC.] Harmony Programs other than Schools [church, org., etc.] Hartland Prohibition Harvard Propane Dealers [LP gas distributors*, etc.] Huntley Psychiatrist [see: DOCTORS - PSYCHIATRIST] Marengo Psychologist [see: DOCTORS - PSYCHIATRIST] McHenry Public Pools [see: RECREATION FAC. - PUBLIC Richmond POOLS] Ridgefield Public Transportation Authority Commission [see: Riley TRANSPORTATION - MISC.] Ringwood Pumps [also see: WELLS & PUMPS] Solon Mills Pure Milk Ass’n. Spring Grove Pure Oil Co. Union Wonder Lake Quarries - Sand & Gravel Mining Woodstock [see: SAND] Pottery [see: ARTS & ARTISTS - POTTERY, also Questors [see: HISTORIC SOCIETIES- see: CHINA] COMMISSIONS] Poultry Association [see: FARM ORG. - POULTRY Quilts - Quilters ASSOC] miscellaneous Poultry Farms - Markets - Hatcheries* Businesses Poverty Patterns Powder Horns Quilters Power Conversion Products [see: FACTORIES- C.L.] Prairie [also see: NATURAL AREA] R. C. Car Races [see: SPORTS - RACING] Presidents of the United States R.T.A. [bus and train] [see: TRANSPORTATION] Page 43
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R.V. Parks [see: CAMPGROUNDS] Real Estate [transactions, etc.] R. & B. Metal Products [see: FACTORIES- miscellaneous WDSTK] Algonquin,L.I.T.H., Cary, Fox R. Grove Rabbits [see: ANIMALS - RABBITS] Crystal Lake, Ridgefield, Wonder Lake Racism Harvard, Hebron, Huntley Radios & Radio Stations Marengo miscellaneous McHenry, Solon Mills Ham Radio Woodstock Radio Sales Realtors Radio Stations miscellaneous Crystal Lake: STAR 105.5, WAIT, Algonquin WIVS, WCLR Cary Harvard: WMCW, AM-530, Crystal Lake FM-88.5 Harvard Woodstock: WILA, WKRS, Huntley WSTK, WXRT, WXET, Marengo WZSR McHenry Radios McHenry Co. Board of Realtors Railroads Pre-1945 Woodstock miscellaneous miscellaneous Algonquin Harding R. E. Cary - Fox River Grove McHenry Co. Land Co. Chicago & North Western Railway Quinlan, Arnold R. E. Crystal Lake - Nunda Rebekah [see: INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD Electric Railroad Lines* FELLOWS & REBEKAH] Fox River Valley Railroad Rebekah's House [see: DRUG ABUSE- Hartland ALCOHOLISM] Harvard Receipts [see: INVOICES] Huntley Recession Marengo Recipes [also see: CUSTOMS - MENUES] McHenry [handcar races*, etc.] Recreation Facilities [arcades, go-cart tracks*, Woodstock - Sycamore Traction Lines gaming centers*, laser tag*, paintball, Railroads Post-1945 [Metra, etc.] snowboarding*, etc.] miscellaneous [also see: BOWLING - POOL ROOMS, Algonquin LAKES, PARKS, SKATES, Cary WHISPERING OAKS COMM. Crystal Lake CNTR., Y.M.C.A.*] Fox River Grove miscellaneous Harvard Bike Paths* Huntley Disc Golf Course* Johnsburg Ice Skating Rinks* Marengo Public Pools* - Aquatic Centers* McHenry Racket Ball* - Handball Courts Richmond Rec Centers / Community Centers Union [Granny's Place*, Wdstk. Comm. Woodstock Cntr.*, etc.] Unsorted Roller Skating Rinks* Rainbow For Girls [see: MASONS - ORDER OF Skate Parks / Skateboarding* EASTERN STAR] Recreation Vehicles (RV’s) Rape [see: CRIME - SEX] Recyclers [Freecycle of McHenry Co.*, etc.][also Racquetball Court [see: RECREATION] see: DEFENDERS] Rationing [see: MILITARY - WWII - Red Hat Society HOMEFRONT - RATION BOOKS] Refrigerators [see: ICE BOXES] Ready-Mix Cement Co. [see: CONCRETE] Relay For Life [see: HEALTH ORG. - CANCER Page 44
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CRUSADE] Yum Yum Drive-In Regional Dispatch Consortium [see: McHenry COMMUNICATION] miscellaneous Regional Planning Board China Light Religion [Early, See You at the Pole*, etc.] [also see: Dunnhill's EVANGELISTS] Haystacks Manor Rental Stores Joey T's - Dobyn's House Repair Shops [shoes, appl., lawnmowers, engines, Mookie's - Snug Harbor etc.] Plum Garden Resale Shops [Thrift Stores*] Varese's Rescue Squads [see: FIRE - RESCUE] Warsaw Inn Research Materials Richmond Resorts [also see: HOTELS] Union miscellaneous Wonder Lake McHenry Woodstock Pistakee miscellaneous Resource Centers [see: SOCIAL SERVICE ORG. D & J's News Depot MISC.] Deeter's, Rain Dancer Restaurants - Inns - Cafes* Harvest Moon Cafe miscellaneous Joey T's Algonquin La Tavola, Rainault's Restaurant miscellaneous Main St. Pub, Pub on the Square, Bellino's Steakhouse - Osteria Public House Giacomos Odd Fellows [see: REST. WDSTK. Port Edward WAVERLY HSE.] Reese's Restaurant Old Courthouse Inn, Tavern on the Simonini's Square, Jail House Rest. Cary Timbers Coral Vaughan's Family Restaurant Crystal Lake Waverly House, Waverly Gold miscellaneous Note Lounge, Odd Fellows Around the Clock Restaurant Resurrection Center [see: CAMPS - RETREATS] Branded Steak House Retention - Upgrade Ind. - Quality of Life Cafe Olympic / Olympic Rest. Retreats [see: CAMPS] Coleman's Revolutionary War [see: MILITARY] Colonial Rivers - Streams* - Creeks* C.L. Delicatessen / Pete's Deli miscellaneous Haznow's Boone Creek Hob Nob Coon Creek John Evan's Fox River Martinetti's miscellaneous The Village Squire Dredging Fox River Grove Flooding Harvard - Big Foot Photos Huntley - Hebron Pollution Johnsburg Kishwaukee Lake in the Hills Nippersink Lakemoor Spring Creek Lily Lake Squaw Creek Marengo Road Const. Companies [see: PAVERS] miscellaneous Roads in McHenry County [see: STREETS] Cloven Hoof Robberies [see: CRIME - ROBBERIES] Shady Lane [also see: THEATRE- Rodeo STAGE] Rohm and Haas [see: FACTORIES - RINGWOOD] Page 45
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Roller Skating Rinks [see: RECREATION] Advisory Council*, etc.] Ronald Reagan [see: PRESIDENTS OF THE U.S.] Algonquin Roofers [see: CARPENTERS - JOINTERS] Cary ROOTED [see: ENVIROMENT] Crystal Lake Rope Walk Harvard Rosecrance of McHenry Co. [see: MENTAL Hebron HEALTH] Lake in the Hills Rose Farm [see: NURSERIES - WOODSTOCK] Marengo Rotary Clubs [see: CLUBS - ROTARY] McHenry Rotnour Players [see: THEATRE-STAGE- Spring Grove RICHMOND] Wonder Lake Royal Neighbors of America [see: CLUBS] Woodstock Ruminations by Rudy [see: HISTORY McH. CO. - Sanitariums NEWSPAPER COLUMNS] Satellite TV [see: TELEVISION] Rural Free Delivery 1900-1907 [see: POST Sauk Trail Chapter for Advancement of Archeology OFFICES-MISC.-RURAL FREE [see: ARCHAEOLOGY] DELIVERY] Schools Rural Scenes Schultz Bros. Co. [see: VARIETY STORES] Rural Youth [“OK Club”*, etc.] Scot Forge Co. [see: FACTORIES-SPRING Ryder’s Woods [see: WOODS] GROVE] Scotch [see: IMMIGRANTS-IRISH] Scouts - Boy & Cub SARS [see: DISEASES] miscellaneous S & H Green Stamps [see: TRADE CARDS - Eagle Scouts PREMIUMS] miscellaneous Safe Haven Wildlife Refuge [see: ANIMALS - Algonquin WILDLIFE] Cary Sage Products, Inc. [see: FACTORIES - C.L.] Crystal Lake St. Joseph Novitiate [see: MENTALLY Fox River Grove HANDICAPPED] Harvard St. Patrick’s Day [see: CUSTOMS - ST. PATRICK’S Huntley DAY] Lake in the Hills Saloons, Taverns*, Bars Marengo - Union miscellaneous McHenry Algonquin Spring Grove Cary Wonder Lake Crystal Lake Woodstock Fox River Grove Jamboree Hartland Algonquin 150, 151, 153 Harvard Algonquin 155, 267, 368 Hebron Cary 160 Huntley [Turkey Testicle Festival*, etc.] Cary 227, 247, 335 Johnsburg Cary 357 Lakemoor Cary 457 Marengo Cary 557 McHenry Cary 657 Richmond Cary 757, 857, 957 Union Cary Grove 166 Woodstock Crystal Lake 127 Salvation Army Crystal Lake 132 Sam’s Club [see: WAREHOUSE STORES] Crystal Lake 158 Sand - Gravel - Stone [mining*, quarries*] [also see: Crystal Lake 164 ENVIROMENT] Crystal Lake 165 miscellaneous [McHenry Co. Gravel Crystal Lake 168 Page 46
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Crystal Lake 190 Harvard Crystal Lake 194 Hebron Crystal Lake 210, 222 Huntley Crystal Lake 343, 347 Johnsburg Crystal Lake 353, 555 Lake in the Hills Crystal Lake 580 Marengo Fox River Grove 237, 166 McHenry Greenwood Oakwood Hills Harvard 170 Prairie Grove Harvard 171 Richmond - Spring Grove Harvard 172 Riley Hebron 606 Union Huntley 167 Wonder Lake Johnsburg 454 Woodstock Johnsburg 455, 916 Sears Catalog Houses [see: HOUSES - C.L., KIT Lake in the Hills 152, 369, 467 HOMES] Marengo 63, 663 Sears, Roebuck & Co. [see: DEPT. STORES] Marengo 355 See You at the Pole [see: RELIGION] Marengo 530 SEECOM [Southeast Emergency Comm. McHenry 79 Consortium][see: COMMUNICATION] McHenry 131 Seed Business [see: FEED BUSINESS] McHenry 142 Self Help Groups / Support Groups* [Blue Star McHenry 149 Banner Group, Family CARE McHenry 162, 214 of McHenry Co.*, P.E.A.C.E. 4 McHenry 311 All*, etc.] [also see: DRUG McHenry 351 ABUSE- ALCOHOLISM] McHenry 452 Self Storage McHenry 459 Seneca Ladies’ Literary Society Oakwood Hills 101 Senior Centers [see: McHENRY CO. SENIOR Oakwood Hills 161 CITIZEN COUNCIL] Prairie Grove 156 Senior Citizens [also see: McHENRY CO. SENIOR Richmond 65, 349 CIT. COUNCIL, CLUBS - SENIOR Spring Grove 340 CITIZENS, FAMILY ALLIANCE, Union 154 SENIORS-HOUSING] Union 346 miscellaneous Wonder Lake 145 Faith in Action* Wonder Lake 456 McHenry Co. Senior Fair-Senior Cit. Hobby Wonder Lake Police Explorer Post Fair Woodstock 40 Senior Services Assoc* Woodstock 153 Senior Fair [see: SENIOR CITIZENS] Woodstock 159 Senior Services Assoc. [see: SENIOR CITIZENS] Woodstock 169, 178 Seniors - Housing [also see: WDSTK. CHRISTIAN Woodstock 271 LIFE SERVICES Woodstock 350 miscellaneous Woodstock 359 Algonquin Woodstock 363, 367 Crystal Lake Woodstock 776 Harvard Woodstock 1329 miscellaneous Scouts - Girl & Brownie Harvard Village miscellaneous Huntley Algonquin miscellaneous Cary Sun City* Crystal Lake McHenry Fox River Grove Woodstock Page 47
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miscellaneous miscellaneous Algonquin Carefree Village* Crystal Lake Hearthstone Manor* miscellaneous Sunset Manor* Bohl Farm Marketplace Woodstock Christian Care, Inc.* The Commons Sept. 11, 2001 Remembered [see: TERRORISM] Crystal Court Service and Fraternal Organizations [Knights Crystal Lake Plaza Templar, Patriotic, Service League, Crystal Point Mall RAD [Bohemian Frat. Org.], etc.] Twin Ponds Marketplace Service League of Crystal Lake Fox River Grove Sesquicentennial Material [see: PARADES - IL] Harvard Settlers Huntley Sewer & Water* [also see: WELLS] Lake in the Hills miscellaneous Lakemoor Algonquin McHenry Cary Woodstock Crystal Lake Shriners Fox River Grove Sidewalks [see: STREETS] Harvard Sign Language Hebron Signs - Sign Shops Huntley Silos [see: BARNS & SILOS] Lake in the Hills Silver* - Spoons* [also see: PEWTER-SILVER] Lakemoor Skateboarding [see: RECREATION] Lakewood Skates Marengo Slavery McHenry Sleighs & Cutters Richmond Slot-Car Racing [see: SPORTS-RACING] Spring Grove Sludge [see: LANDFILL] Union Small Appliances [see: KITCHENS] Wonder Lake Snow Storms [see: NATURAL DISASTERS] Woodstock Snowboarding [see: RECREATION - MISC.] Sewing Machines Snowmobile Clubs [see: CLUBS, also Sex SPORTS-SNOWMOBILE] Sheltered Village [see: MENTALLY Soap Box Derby [see: SPORTS - RACING] HANDICAPPED] Social Security Sheep [see: ANIMALS - SHEEP] Social Service Organizations [also see: AMERICAN Shoe Stores - [boots & shoes] RED CROSS, FORUM FOR miscellaneous COMMUNITY SERVICES, HOME OF Algonquin THE SPARROW, P.A.D.S., SALVATION Crystal Lake ARMY, TURNING POINT, Harvard UNITED WAY] Hebron miscellaneous [welfare*, Community Huntley Connections for Youth*, GROW*, Marengo New Beginnings*, etc.] McHenry Adopt a Sailor* Richmond Big Brothers / Big Sisters* Union Child Advocacy Center* Woodstock Christmas Clearing House* Shoes Crop Walk* / Walk for Hunger* Shop With A Cop [see: SOC. SER. ORG.] Diaper Bank* Shopping Centers - Malls* [also see: Food Pantry* [also see: McHENRY COMMERCIAL F.I.S.H.] DEVELOPMENT] miscellaneous Page 48
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Cary - Grove Crystal Lake Crystal Lake C. L. Central Grafton Township C. L. South Harvard Prairie Ridge Lake in the Hills Harvard Marengo Huntley McHenry F.I.S.H.* Johnsburg Wonder Lake Marengo Woodstock Marian Central Garden Quarter Neighborhood Resource McHenry Center* Richmond - Lakewood Neighborhood Resource Cntr.* - Burton Willow Brooke* Woodstock Meals on Wheels* Boy’s Leagues Shop With a Cop * miscellaneous Toys for Tots* Algonquin Volunteer Center for McHenry Co.* Cary - Sod Farming Fox River Gr. Soil - Peat* Crystal Lake Solar Energy [see: ENVIRONMENT] Harvard Songs [see: MUSIC] Huntley Sons of Norway Johnsburg Southeast Emergency Communication Consortium Lake in the Hills [see: COMMUNICATIONS] Marengo - SPAN [Student Peace Action Network] [see: ANTI- Union WAR GROUPS] McHenry Spas [see: HEALTH SPAS] Richmond Special Olympics [see: NORTHERN ILLINOIS Woodstock SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION] Girls & Women Special Touch Ministry [see: DISABLED] miscellaneous Spinning Wheels - Spinning High School Spojnia [see: POLISH NATIONAL UNION] Cary - Grove Spoons [see: SILVER] Crystal Lake Sporting Goods Stores Harvard miscellaneous Hebron Crystal Lake Huntley McHenry Johnsburg Woodstock Marengo miscellaneous Marian Knuths’s McHenry Sports Richmond miscellaneous Woodstock Archery Leagues Badmitten [see: TENNIS] MCC Ballooning [also see: AVIATION] Men’s Leagues Baseball - Softball Minor League miscellaneous Stadium - Team Boys miscellaneous American Legion Baseball Crystal Lake C.A.B.A. Harvard U.S.S.S.A./ M.C.Y.S.A. Huntley Boys - High School Johnsburg miscellaneous Marengo Cary Grove McHenry Page 49
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Richmond miscellaneous Woodstock Sec., State Basketball Tourn. Boys - High School Hole in One miscellaneous McHenry Co. Amateur Alden - Hebron Men’s Tourn.-McHry. Cary - Grove Co. Senior Amateur Crystal Lake McHenry Co. Junior Golf miscellaneous Assoc.- McHenry Co. C. L. Central Amateur Boys C. L. South Championship Prairie Ridge Girls - Women Harvard miscellaneous Huntley High School Johnsburg miscellaneous Marengo Sec., State miscellaneous Tourn. Team pictures Gymnastics - Tumbling Marian Central miscellaneous McHenry High Schools Richmond - Burton miscellaneous Woodstock Crystal Lake Woodstock North Huntley Jr. High / Middle School Lake In The Hills Girls McHenry miscellaneous Fencing Cary - Grove Fishing Crystal Lake miscellaneous Harvard Ice Fishing Huntley IHSA Fishing Competition Johnsburg Football Marengo High School Marian Central miscellaneous McHenry Alden - Hebron MCC Cary - Grove Richmond - Burton Crystal Lake Woodstock miscellaneous Men C. L. Central miscellaneous C. L. South MCC Prairie Ridge Basketball Champs/Hebron Green Giants Harvard Bowling Huntley Boxing Johnsburg Cheerleading* Marengo Cross Country Marian Central miscellaneous McHenry Boys Richmond - Burton Girls Woodstock Dodgeball Woodstock North Golf Men - Semi Pro miscellaneous Youth Leagues - Jr. Tackle Boys - Men Hockey miscellaneous miscellaneous High School Clubs - Leagues Page 50
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High School Cary Grove Cary-Grove Crystal Lake Crystal Lake Huntley C. L. Central Johnsburg C. L. South Marian Central Prairie Ridge Richmond - Burton Hunting MCC Inline Speed Skating Swimming [see: WATER SPORTS] Kickboxing Tennis & Badminton* Lacrosse miscellaneous Pom Pon Teams* Boys - Men Pool Players Girls - Women Racing [also see: AUTO RACES, miscellaneous BICYCLES, ANIMALS - High School HORSES, BOATS, RAILROAD- miscellaneous McHENRY POST 1945 [handcar], State Finals SPORTS - SNOWMOBILE] McHenry Co. Tennis Classic miscellaneous Track & Field Go-Kart* - Sprint Car*- Stock Car* miscellaneous R C Cars*, Slot - Cars* Boys Soap Box Derby* miscellaneous Skateboarding [also see: RECREATION- I.H.S.A. Track Meet SKATE PARKS] High School Team Picts. Skating [ice skating][also see: SPORTS- Girls INLINE SPEED SKATING] miscellaneous Skiing I.H.S.A. Track Meet miscellaneous Trapping Norge Ski Club Volleyball Snowboarding miscellaneous Snowmobile [Watercross Festival*, etc.] Clubs [also see: CLUBS-SNOWMOBILE] High School Soccer Cary-Grove miscellaneous Crystal Lake Boys - Men Clubs C. L. Central Boys - High School C. L. South miscellaneous Prairie Ridge Cary-Grove Harvard Crystal Lake Hebron C.L. Central Huntley C. L. South Johnsburg Prairie Ridge Marian Central Harvard Richmond-Burton Johnsburg Woodstock Marian Central MCC McHenry Wall Climbing Girls - Women Water Sports [also see: BOATS - RACES] miscellaneous miscellaneous Clubs - Girls Swimming miscellaneous miscellaneous Cary - Grove Boys Crystal Lake Girls Clubs - Women [U18-19] Wakeboarding Girls - High School Water Polo miscellaneous Water Skiing Page 51
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Wrestling Bull Valley miscellaneous Cary Clubs Coral High School Crystal Lake miscellaneous FAP 420 Bypass [also see: RICHMOND Sectionals BYPASS] I.H.S.A. State Finals Fox River Grove Cary Grove Fox Valley Freeway Crystal Lake Grafton Harvard Greenwood Marengo Hartland McHenry Harvard Richmond - Burton Harvard Bypass - Laurence Road Extension Woodstock Hebron Pro Wrestling Huntley Sportsmans Club [see: CLUBS - SPORTSMAN] Johnsburg Sprawl Lake-in-the-Hills Spring Creek Bassett Hunt [see: ANIMALS - DOGS] Lakewood Spring Grove Horse Fair [see: ANIMALS-HORSES] Marengo Spring House [see: MUNICIPALITIES FILES - Marengo Bypass - Rte. 20 Bypass* WDSTK. - CITY SQUARE] McCullom Lake Sprint Car Races [see: SPORTS-RACING] McHenry Staffing Service [see: LABOR] McHenry Bypass Stage Coach Lines Prairie Grove Stained Glass [see: ART & ARTISTS-STAINED Rakow Road GLASS] Randall Road Stamps Richmond Star Reporter [see: ELECTIONS-STAR Richmond Bypass - Rte. 12 Bypass* REPORTER] Riley Starline Products Inc Rte. 12 Bypass [see: RICHMOND [see: FACTORIES - HARVARD] BYPASS] Statements [see: INVOICES] Route 14 Statter Wallpaper Co. [see: FACTORIES - C.L.] Route 20 Statues [see: MONUMENTS] Rte. 20 Bypass [see: MARENGO BYPASS] Stenciling Route 23 Stereopticons Route 31 Stills [see: CRIME - STILLS] Route 47 Stock Car Races [see: SPORTS-RACING] Route 53 Extension Storms: [see: NATURAL DISASTERS] Route 120 Stormwater Run Off [see: DRAINAGE] Route 173 Stoves & Heaters Route 176 Streams [see: RIVERS] Spring Grove Streets - Sidewalks* - Roads* Townships Saving Historic Roads Union miscellaneous [McHenry Co. Better Roads Wonder Lake Coalition*, etc.] Woodstock Maps - Correspondence Strikes [see: LABOR - STRIKES] Alden Strip Clubs Algonquin Subdivisions / Development [also see: SENIORS- Algonquin Bypass HOUSING - SUN CITY] miscellaneous miscellaneous Northern Bypass Algonquin - Lake in the Hills Western Bypass Bull Valley Algonquin Road Cary Page 52
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Coral Twp. / Union Franklinville Crystal Lake Harvard Fox River Grove Johnsburg Greenwook Marengo Harvard McHenry Hebron Richmond Huntley Woodstock Johnsburg Talking Machines [see: PHONOGRAPHS] Lake in the Hills Tanneries Lakemoor Tanning Salons [see: BEAUTY SHOPS] Lakewood Target Stores [see: DEPARTMENT STORES] Marengo Tattoo Parlors McHenry Tauck's Woods [see: WOODS] miscellaneous Taverns [see: SALOONS] Backhaus - Brockmann Tax Bills [see: LEGAL-TAX BILLS] Hillside Taxes [also see: ASSESSMENT LISTS] Lakeland Park Taxidermist Riverwalk Taxis - Limousines* Prairie Grove Tea Party [see: POLITICAL 2000 -] Richmond Techalloy Illinois Inc. [see: FACTORIES - UNION] Riley Ted Spella Comm. Leadership School [see: CHAMB. Ringwood OF COMM. ALGONQUIN] Spring Grove Telegraphy Union [see: CORAL TWP.] Telephones [also see: CELLULAR PHONES] Wonder Lake general [miscellaneous] miscellaneous history Wonder Lake Prop. Owners Assoc. Alden Woodstock Algonquin - Lake in the Hills Suffrage Cary Summer With the Arts [see: THEATRE-STAGE- Crystal Lake MARENGO PARK DIST.] Fox River Grove Summons [see: LEGAL] Harvard Sunset Manor [see: SENIORS - HOUSING- Hebron WDSTK.] Huntley Sun City [see: SENIORS - HOUSING-HUNTLEY] Marengo Sun Electric [see: FACTORIES - CRYSTAL LAKE] McHenry Supermarkets [see: GROCERIES] Richmond Support Groups [see: SELF HELP GROUPS] Spring Grove Survey Notes Union Swamps [see: MARSHES] Wonder Lake Sweet Adelines [see: MUSIC-CHORAL] Woodstock Swimming Pools [home, business, etc.] [also see: Television - Cable TV* - Satellite TV* RECREATION FACILITIES - PUBLIC miscellaneous POOLS] Businesses Cable Pre 2000 Cable - Satellite 2020 Unified Plan [see: PLANNING - ZONING- Terrorism [also see: PATRIOTISM, also McHENRY CO.] MILITARY-WAR 2001] 2030 Land Use Plan [see: PLANNING - ZONING - miscellaneous [bioterrorism*, Patriot Act*, McH. CO.] etc.] T.C. Industries [see: FACTORIES - CRYSTAL Sept. 11, 2001 Remembered* LAKE - AMERICAN TERRA COTTA] Textiles Tailors Thanksgiving Day [see: CUSTOMS - Crystal Lake THANKSGIVING] Page 53
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Thatcher Tubes [see: FACTORIES - WDSTK.] Marengo Park Dist. / Marengo-Union Civic Theatres - Movie Center Authority [Summer With general [miscellaneous] the Arts*, etc.] Drive-In McHenry Co. College Crystal Lake McHenry Co. Youth Theatre-The Youthful El Tovar Theatre Co. Gem Performing Arts Community Theatre Co.* Lake Raue Center for the Arts [also see: MUSIC- Showplace CONCERTS-C. L.] Fox River Grove miscellaneous Harvard [Majestic - Saunders] Artists in School, Mission Marengo Imagination Colonial Dance Performances Rio Entertainment Royal Plays McHenry Schedules Richmond Richmond - Memorial Hall [Memorial Hall Union Theatre Co., Rotnour Players*, etc.] Woodstock Ridgefield Gem & Princess Shady Lane Players Miller The Theatre Co. Woodstock Theatre [Wdstk. Woodstock Musical Theatre Co.* International Film Woodstock Musical Theatre Festival* Festival*, etc.] Woodstock Performing Co.* Theatres - Stage [also see: OPERA HOUSES, also Woodstock Summer Theatre Co.* MUSIC-CONCERTS, Woodstock Theatre Co.* WDSTK FINE ARTS ASSOC.] Woodstock Town Square Players* miscellaneous Therapists [also see: HEALTH AGENCIES] Cary Play Barn* miscellaneous Christian Youth Theatre of McHenry Co. Massage Therapy Crystal Lake [also see: THEATRES- Physical Therapy [Sports, Rehab] STAGE- RAUE CENTER FOR THE Therapeudic Riding Program ARTS] miscellaneous Lake Theatre Brave Hearts - Harvard Lakeside Players Light Center - Marengo, Union Performing Arts Community Main Stay - Richmond Theatre Co. Dinner Yoga* Fox Trails Theatre* Thimbles [see: NEEDLEWORK] Harvard Players* Thresholds [see: MENTAL HEALTH] High Schools Threshing Machines [see: FARM MACHINERY] miscellaneous Thrift Stores [see: RESALE SHOPS] Cary Grove Thyrfing Lodge #34 Crystal Lake Vikings Crystal Lake Time Capsules Harvard Tinkers & Tinsmiths Hebron Tires - Tire Stores [also see: AUTO PARTS Huntley STORES] Johnsburg To Help Each Other Smile [THEOS] Marengo Toastmasters’ Club [see: CLUBS] Marian Central Tobacco - Cigars*, Cigarettes*, etc. McHenry Toilets [see BATHROOM FIXTURES] Woodstock Tool & Die Works [also see: FACTORIES] Illinois Stage Co. Tools [also see: EQUIPMENT] Marengo Dramatic Arts Co.* Tornados [see: NATURAL DISASTERS] Page 54
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Tourism [ McHenry Co. Convention & Visitors Trucks [type] Bureau*][also see: McHENRY CO. Tupperware TOURISM Turkey Testicle Festival [see: SALOONS- COMMITTEE] HUNTLEY, RESTAURANTS- Tourist Camps [see: CAMPGROUNDS] MARENGO 2000-] Tow Trucks [see: TRUCKS - MISCELLANEOUS] Turning Point Toy Trains [see: MINIATURE RAILWAY] 2020 Unified Plan [see: PLANNING - ZONING- Toys [also see: CHILDREN] McHENRY CO.] Toys for Tots [see: SOCIAL SERV. ORG.] 2030 Land Use Plan [see: PLANNING - ZONING- Tractor Trek [Tractors For Charity, etc.] McHENRY CO.] Tractors [see: FARM MACHINERY] Twice Told Tales [see: HISTORY-NEWSPAPER Tractors For Charity [see: TRACTOR TREK] COLUMNS] Trade Cards & Premiums [S & H Green Stamps, Typewriters other than Oliver American Family Premiums, etc.] Traditions of Woodstock [see: NURSING HOMES] Trail of History [see: McHENRY CO. UFOs CONSERVATION DISTRICT] Underage Drinking [see: CRIME - UNDERAGE Trailer Parks - Mobile Home Parks* DRINKING] Train Service [see: RAILROADS, Underground Railroad [also see: MUSEUMS- TRANSPORTATION] UNDERGROUND R.R.] Transportation Undertakers [see: FUNERAL HOMES] miscellaneous [ PACE*, Public Unemployment [see: LABOR - JOB SERVICES] Transportation Authority*, etc.] Uniforms Early forms of Union Special Corp. [see: FACTORIES- R.T.A.* HUNTLEY] miscellaneous Unions [see: LABOR] R.T.A. - Bus Service* United Way R.T.A. - Dial - A - Ride* Upholstering - Upholstery Shops R.T.A. - Train Service* [also see: Utilities [also see: SEWER & WATER] RAILROADS] Electric Trapping [see: FURS] Miscellaneous Travel Agencies Peaker Power Plants* Trees Wind Turbines* miscellaneous Rural Electric Arbor Day [also see: TREES - TREE Crystal Lake PLANTINGS] Fox River Grove Dutch Elm Disease Harvard Emerald Ash Borer Infestation Huntley Gypsy Moth Infestation Marengo Historic - Landmark Trees McHenry Memorial Trees Richmond Tree Farms Woodstock Tree Plantings [also see: TREES - ARBOR Gas DAY] Utter Disaster [see: OREGON TRAIL] Tree Preservation Tree Service Truck Farming VCR [see: ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT] Trucks - Trucking Companies - Draymen* Vacuum Cleaners & Carpet Sweepers* miscellaneous Valentines Day [see: CUSTOMS - VALENTINES Crystal Lake Trucking Companies DAY] Huntley Trucking Companies Variety Stores [Dollar Stores*, etc.] Marengo Trucking Companies miscellaneous Woodstock Trucking Companies Harvard Towing Huntley Page 55
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Marengo Video Production [see: FILM MAKING] McHenry Video Stores [DVD's, etc.] Woodstock Viscount Drum & Bugle Corp. [see: MUSICAL Venetian Night Festivals [see: BOATS] BANDS & ORCHESTRAS] Veterans Visakha Puja Day [see: CHURCHES-McHENRY miscellaneous CO.- BUDDHIST TEMPLE] Clinics V.O.I.C.E. [see: PIONEER CENTER] Afghanistan Volunteer Center of McHenry Co. [see: SOCIAL Civil War [also see: G.A.R. GRAND SERVICE ORG. - MISC.] ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC] Iraqi War Korean War W.P.A. [see: WORKS PROGRESS Spanish - American War ADMINISTRATION] Veterans Assistance Commission* Wabash Magnetic Tape Co. [see: FACTORIES - Veterans Shelter/Home [New Horizons*] HUNTLEY] Vietnam War [Vietnam War Memorial*, Wagon Makers Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall*, etc.] miscellaneous WW I Algonquin WW II Big Foot - Harvard Veterans Assistance Commission [see: VETERANS] Cary Veterans Day [see: CUSTOMS-VETERANS DAY] Huntley Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] & Auxiliary Marengo miscellaneous McHenry McHenry County Ridgefield - Hebron - Richmond Algonquin Franklinville - Woodstock Crystal Lake Wal-Mart [see: DEPARTMENT STORES] Huntley Walk for Hunger [see: SOC. SERV.-CROP WALK] Marengo Walk in Centers [see: McHENRY CO. SENIOR McHenry CITIZENS COUNCIL] Fox River Post #4600 Wallpaper McHenry #4600 Auxiliary Wards [see: DEPARTMENT STORES] McHenry Barracks #1315 Warehouse Stores [Costco*, Sam’s Club*, etc.] Richmond Warner Elec. Brake & Clutch Co. [see: FACTORIES Woodstock - MARENGO] miscellaneous Washing Machines - Dryers Woodstock #540 Auxiliary Waste Haulers [see LANDFILL-GARBAGE DIS.] Veterinarians Waste Management [see: LANDFILL] miscellaneous Waste Transfer Station [see: LANDFILL] Cary Watches Crystal Lake Water [see: SEWER & WATER] Harvard Water Conditioning Companies Huntley Watercross Festival [see: SPORTS-SNOWMOBILE] Marengo Waverly House [see: BUILDINGS - WDSTK.] McHenry Weather - Records, etc [also see: NATURAL Union DISASTERS] Wonder Lake Weather Vanes Woodstock Weaving & Looms Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall [see: miscellaneous MILITARY - VIETNAM WAR] Suppliers Vietnam War [see: MILITARY - VIETNAM WAR] Wedding Invitations, Cards, etc. Vietnam War Memorial [see: MILITARY - Welcome Wagon [see: CLUBS - WELCOME VIETNAM WAR] WAGON] Viet Now Welding Shops Video Gambling Welfare [see: SOCIAL SERV. ORG.] Page 56
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Well Drilling [also see: WINDMILLS] Woodstock Choral Society [see: MUSIC- CHORAL] Wells & Pumps [also see: PUMPS] Woodstock Day Care [see: DAY CARE] Wells Manufacturing Co. [see: FACTORIES - Woodstock Fine Arts Ass’n [also see: WOODSTOCK] OPERA HOUSES- West Nile Virus [see: DISEASES] WOODSTOCK] Wetlands [see: MARSHES] miscellaneous [Encounter With the Theatre Wheelwrights Program, Women’s Guild, etc.] Whispering Oaks Community Center Creative Living Series* Whizzer [see: BICYCLES - MOTORBIKES] Newsletters Wig Shops Performing Arts Series Wildlife [see: ANIMALS - WILDLIFE] Woodstock Fine Arts Chorale* Wm.M. Fencil Co. [see: FACTORIES - HUNTLEY] Young People’s Wing-Summer Theatre Willow Brooke [see: SOC. SER. ORG. - Festival-Paperbag Players LAKEWOOD RESOURCE CENTER] Woodstock Fine Arts Fair [see: ARTS & ARTISTS - Willows Adolescent Day & Residential Treatment ARTS & CRAFT EXHIBITS] Ctr Woodstock Folk Festival [see: MUSIC-CONCERTS] Wind Turbines [see: UTILITIES - ELECTRIC] Woodstock Hospitality Day [see: HOSPITALS - Windgate [see: MENTALLY HANDICAPPED] WDSTK,. - AUXILIARY] Windmills [also see: WELL DRILLING] Woodstock International Film Festival [see: Window Treatment - Window Treatment Stores THEATRES - MOVIE - WDSTK.] [draperies*, curtains*, blinds*] Woodstock Landmark Comm. [see: LANDMARKS- Wineries HISTORIC SITES] Winter Scenes Woodstock Mozart Festival [see: Winter Wonder Walk [see: ARTS & ARTISTS - MUSIC-CONCERTS] ARTS & CRAFT FAIRS - MISC.] Woodstock Music Festival [see: MUSIC- Wireless Phones [see: CELLULAR PHONES] CONCERTS] Woman’s Club [see: CLUBS] Woodstock Music and Art Center [see: MUSIC- Women [also see: NATIONAL FORUM FOR TEACHERS - INSTRUCTION] WOMEN] Woodstock Music Theatre Festival Co. [see: Women in Management [WIM] THEATRE - STAGE] Women’s Relief Corp. Woodstock Musical Theatre Co. [see: THEATRE- [see: G.A.R. -WOMEN’S RELIEF CORP.] STAGE] Women’s Republican Clubs [see: CLUBS] Woodstock - Oliver Typewriter Co. Women’s Christian Temperance Union [WCTU] Woodstock Opera House Gallery [see: ARTS & Wood Sculptors/Carvers [see: ART & ARTISTS] ARTISTS - ARTS & CRAFTS Woods [Ryder’s Woods*, Tauck's Woods*, etc.] Woodstock Performing Co. [see: THEATRE- Woodstock American Legion Junior Auxiliary STAGE] [see: AM. LEGION AUX., WOODSTOCK] Woodstock Players [see: OPERA HOUSES- Woodstock Art Fair [see: ARTS & ARTISTS - WDSTK] ARTS & CRAFTS FAIRS - FAIR Woodstock Sentinel 80th Anniversary Edition ON THE SQUARE] [see: NEWSPAPERS - WOODSTOCK Woodstock Beautification Commission SENTINEL] Woodstock Business & Professional Women Woodstock Theatre Co. [see: THEATRE-STAGE] [see: CLUBS] Woodstock Town Square Players [see: THEATRE - Woodstock Center STAGE] Woodstock Children’s Home [now closed] [see: Woodstock Typewriter Co. ORPHANAGES] [see: FACTORIES - WOODSTOCK] Woodstock Christian Life Services [also see : Woodstock Youth Commission SENIORS - HOUSING - WDSTK., Woolworth Co. [see: VARIETY STORES] HEARTHSTONE COMMUNITIES, Works Progress Administration [W.P.A.*] CHRISTIAN CARE] World’s Citizen’s Conference Woodstock Civic Club [now closed] World War I [see: MILITARY] Woodstock Community Center [see: RECREATION World War II [see: MILITARY] - REC. CNTRS. - COMM. CNTRS.] World’s Columbian Exposition - Page 57
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Y.M.C.A. Yoga [see: THERAPISTS] Young Eagles [see: AVIATION - YOUNG EAGLES]
Zoning [see: PLANNING & ZONING] Zoos
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