tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post4623813889692866006..comments2024-03-28T14:36:56.091-05:00Comments on The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal™ : Fox River Picnic Grove (Amusement Park) in Fox River Grove, Illinois. (1900 to Mid-1970s)Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10605531495401356831noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-85365038641039842492023-01-31T01:15:15.094-06:002023-01-31T01:15:15.094-06:00I delivered the local paper to L. Cernocky at the ...I delivered the local paper to L. Cernocky at the picnic grove, always good for a nice tip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-22780737026646839662021-11-18T19:19:46.265-06:002021-11-18T19:19:46.265-06:00Are you Maria Cassidy? My parents ran the restaura...Are you Maria Cassidy? My parents ran the restaurant in the Pavillion and sold Broasted Chicken! We spent the entire summer there in 1960. What a fun time. We lived in one of the cabins also. I remember that we had company every weekend that entire summer. I remember those great Chris Craft mahogany runabout boats racing all over the river.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964442223776774933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-85165701900371394902021-05-30T23:40:52.598-05:002021-05-30T23:40:52.598-05:00It was 1960 and my parents who were racetrackers (...It was 1960 and my parents who were racetrackers (my dad was a jockey) rented a cabin at The Grove for the race meet. A few of the other racetrackers also rented cabins. I remember when the Park closed at night the big gate would be locked and we had keys to get in. So, in other words we lived inside of the Fox River Grove picnic grounds. We walked out our front door of the cabin and just across the grass to the amusement park and evenings after the races were over my parents would have cocktails and dance at the nightclub. I was 10 and it seemed like a magical place to live. ❤️Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138781706511877400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-69964146300623588972020-03-17T15:11:18.630-05:002020-03-17T15:11:18.630-05:00I grew up there as a kid, we lived next to the Pic...I grew up there as a kid, we lived next to the Picnic grove thru 5th grade and what a riot. We'd jump the fence and head over to the carnival rides and play all day finding tickets on the ground and picking up trash to get tickets for rides. We hung at the marina where I had a monster crush on Linda Weber and Linda ? ....lol....it happens now. But we cleaned and gassed up boats....got free rides in the fast ones for cleaning them. We delivered papers to the Mob guys in the pavilion and guest picnicking and picked up trash. During the winter we skied and suicide tobogganed the the hills before there were lifts....hall ass down and if you didnt hurt to bad after the crash at the bottom ....walk back up and do it again all day and night and head home... man we got beat up at times....Fun Times!!! Thanks for posting this article it brought back some great memories!!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15155303316875446468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-85821745530582661082019-08-11T19:03:22.345-05:002019-08-11T19:03:22.345-05:00I spent many days here with family and picnics in ...I spent many days here with family and picnics in the 50's. thanks for the memories.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823968887764562506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-31137977591232636012019-08-11T12:06:10.470-05:002019-08-11T12:06:10.470-05:00What a fascinating history of this area. What a fascinating history of this area. say**yeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071522764625937962noreply@blogger.com