Trout Valley, the Hertz Estate, and Curtiss Farm / Lisa Damian Kidder ; introduction and afterword by Bob Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kidder, Lisa Damian.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farms--Illinois--Trout Valley--Pictorial works.

Farms.

Trout Valley (Ill.)--History--Pictorial works.

Trout Valley (Ill.).

Trout Valley (Ill.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages ) chiefly illustrations ;

Place of Publication:

Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., [2008]

Summary:

John D. Hertz, of rental car fame, discovered Trout Valley (then a part of unincorporated McHenry County, Ill.) in the 1920s. He built a mansion, barns, and polo grounds on the banks of the Fox River and called his estate Leona Farms. In 1943, Otto Schering, of Baby Ruth and Butterfinger fame, purchased and transformed the grounds to the headquarters of a large farming operation. Both eras and the more modern time of a residential village that seeks to preserve its history and landscape are covered in text and photographs.

ISBN:

0738561606 (pbk.)

9780738561608 (pbk.)

OCLC:

649684251