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Resort cabin gets second life as historic structure Patrick T. King CONTRIBUTOR
The public is invited to join the McHenry County Historical Society for the plaquing of a unique structure: the restored Cabin No. 8 at Pink Harrison’s Resort on the shores of Pistakee Bay. Chicago in the 1920s was a rapidly expanding, heavily congested, noisy and smelly place – especially during the hot Midwest summers. Just two hours north by train, there was a place to escape the busy city, a region of pristine beauty, fresh air, swimming and fishing, known as, the ChainO-Lakes. It was here Anton and Mary Immekus bought a home which they, along with their five children, enjoyed every summer. Eventually their daughter, Christine, married Frank (Pink) HarriSon and together they bought the parents’ Pistakee Bay summer home. In 1932 they purchased a parcel across the street, which came with all important water rights. It was a time of the Great Depression, so more than enough good affordable help was available and construction began immediately on the one- and two-bedroom cabins. One year later Frank and Christine began to rent their new cabins and Pink Harrison’s Resort opened. There were hundreds of fishing cabins to rent along
the Chain-O-Lakes, but few came equipped with such amenities as a sink with running water, linoleum flooring, a gas stove, electric lights, a comfortable bed, and a separate men’s and women’s bath house with flush toilets. There was even linen-service, which consisted of one fresh towel and washcloth per day and fresh sheets once a week. There were fine flat bottom boats to rent, or one could fish off the pier. This parcel was referred to as “The Cabin Lot” and eventually consisted of 13 cabins and a bath house. These cabins were numbered according to their sequence of construction. In December of 1933 Prohibition ended, it was now time to convert the home to a restaurant, the garage into a bar and build a dance hall. All, but the dance hall, are still standing today – directly across the street. As time went on, Pink and Christine purchased one parcel after another until they had nearly 5 acres. In the 1940s they moved the dance hall closer to the water’s edge, made it a dining room, built a new kitchen and a tavern, with a 28-foot bar. By the 1950s, the resort – often referred to as “The Playground of Pistakee Bay” – consisted of 25 buildings, dozens of rental boats, nearly 300 feet
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The Tim HarriSon family and the McHenry County Historical Society invite the general public to attend the plaquing ceremony of Cabin No. 8 at the former Pink Harrison’s Resort, 804 Harrison Lane, Johnsburg. The plaqing will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 16.
of pier, boat slips, and marine gasoline service. All run with the help of their sons, Herbert and Thomas, and eventually their wives, Paula and Marilyn. Pink died in 1953, followed by Christine in 1957. Bert went on to become a real
estate appraiser. Tom took over the resort, along with the name Pink, or Pinky. Tom, Marylin, and their six children, all pitched in to run the family resort. Tom passed away in July
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Martin graduates from Northwestern University Center for Public Safety The Fox Lake Police Department is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Commander Joseph Joseph Martin Martin from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University. Commander Joseph Martin has successfully completed the ten week Staff and Command program hosted by the Lincolnshire Police Department in Lincolnshire, Illinois, from January 10 March 25, 2022. This program, which was implemented by the Center for Public Safety in 1983, has graduated over 25,000 students both nationally and internationally. Commander Martin was a student in SPSC Class #516 which accommodated a total of 37 students for the ten week period. The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction in a total of twenty-seven core blocks of instruction and additional optional blocks during each session. The major topics of study include: Leadership, Human Resources, Employee Relations,
Organizational Behavior, Applied Statistics, Planning and Policy Development, Budgeting and Resource Allocation. Each student is academically challenged through written exams, projects, presentations and quizzes in addition to a staff study paper that are all required parts of the curriculum. Upon successful completion, students may be awarded a total of 6 units of undergraduate credit from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The Center for Public Safety was established at Northwestern University in 1936 with the specific goal of expanding university-based education and training for the Law Enforcement Community. Since its inception, the Center has broadened its original objective and now provides a variety of courses and programs in the area of Police Training, Management Training, and Executive Development. The Fox Lake Police Department anticipates a variety of benefits from Commander Joseph Martin’s attendance at this program. Many of the program’s graduates do go on to achieve a variety of leadership positions within their respective agencies.
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