Johnsburg High School - Skyhawk Yearbook (McHenry, IL)

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Johnsburg: A Dynamic Community Sports, recreation, business, and music have all been an important part of the Johnsburg tradition. UPPER RIGHT: Johnsburg’s town baseball team of 75 years ago. MIDDLE LEFT: Pistakee Post Office and resort in 1910. MIDDLE RIGHT: Joe Hiller’s store as it appeared under different ownership many years ago. LOWER RIGHT: Johnsburg’s German band of 100 years ago.

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BIRTH The Johnsburg community was born from wild meadowland in the year 1841. Three German immigrants — Nicholas Frett, Jacob Schmitt, and Nicholas Adams — brought their families to the peaceful countryside along the Fox River during that year and built homes. Immediately, these first settlers built a church, a log cabin. The community of Johnsburg revolved around that church. St. John’s church was destroyed by fire in 1900. It was later rebuilt. St. John’s Avenue as it appeared in the early 1900’s. To the right is St. John’s School which burned in 1945.

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Schools Reflect Community Growth The first school ever established in Johnsburg was St. John’s. Built by the German immigrants who founded the town, the building consisted of one room and was used for church services, school, and social meetings. In 1950 a public elementary school (later to be named after the late James C. Bush, superintendent of schools) was established. Today the Johnsburg community has five public schools with a total enrollment of 2,128 students and one parochial school, St. John’s. JAMES C. BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Erected 1950 JOHNSBURG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Erected 1967