McHenry County's first commissioners met in this building on August 5th, 1840. The original structure was built on the Court Street side of the public square, now Veterans Memorial Park, as McHenry County's first courthouse.
McHenry County . . . — — Map (db m76532) HM
The 1894 Pullman Strike and boycott of Pullman railcars led by the American Railway Union involved 250,000 workers in 27 states. It paralyzed much of the nation’s rail system and directly led to the establishment that year of a national Labor Day. . . . — — Map (db m118847) HM
In 1843 Ira C. Goodrich purchased this land from the United States Government. As an early settler to McHenry County, Goodrich founded the local school system, served as director and was road master. Farmsteads like this established by the early . . . — — Map (db m65532) HM
In 1837 William Dwyer, his wife Mary, and her brother, Dr. Richard Murphy, established a claim to the property on this site and created what was known as the Dwyer Settlement. The Dwyer homestead included a tavern and one of the three stage stops . . . — — Map (db m66619) HM
James W. Hall, his wife Sarah, sons John, Henry, Thomas, William, and daughter Anne, traveled west from McHenry County, Illinois to Hangtown (now Placerville) with the Upper Mississippi Ox Company. After traveling over 2000 miles, they arrived . . . — — Map (db m219688) HM
McHenry Dam has picked up more names along the way, reflecting its long history of construction and recreation. It is officially known today as the William G. Stratton/Thomas A. Bolger Lock & Dam.
1910
Boat . . . — — Map (db m250871) HM
Park History
1835 - Before becoming Veteran Acres Park, this area was farmed by the Walkup family after whom the street is named. The Walkups first settled here around 1835, building a cabin where the playground is now located. They grazed . . . — — Map (db m94576) HM
A History of Lake Geneva
The Geneva Lake area has been inhabited since at least 8000 B.C., beginning with Paleo-Indians and later the Oneota culture followed by the Potawatomi Indians. The first recorded explorers included Col. John Kinzie in . . . — — Map (db m241381) HM
This former school, now a residence, and cemetery were named for the David Haeger family, from Germany, who settled in this part of McHenry County. This area was the boyhood home of David Henry Haeger, the eldest son of the Haeger children, who . . . — — Map (db m65892) HM
Olbrich Park
This park was formerly known as Lake Front Park and remains one of Madison's largest lakefront parks with sixteen acres of land. In 1922, Michael B. Olbrich formed the Madison Parks Foundation to raise money necessary to . . . — — Map (db m144049) HM
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