Lake and McHenry County Through Roads in the 1920s

Using state road maps from back then.

The 1917 map did not show roads in any but one way, so it would not be possible to tell if they were hard, oiled or dirt roads.

However, the next map I came across, 1921, did delineate between hard or oiled roads and dirt roads.

The Blazing Trail, along the Lake Michigan shore was all hard/oiled.

The east-west road from Waukegan to Volo was all hard/oiled.

From Volo to Woodstock, it was mostly dirt.

From just west of Woodstock to Garden Prairie it was mostly dirt.

From Garden Prairie to Rockford it was hard/oiled.

1922 MAP

All roads were shown the same way. Perhaps all were hard/oiled by then.

Until 1922, there were no new roads shown in Lake and McHenry counties.

The Growth of Roads. --RoadDog