Today's Firebird Cruise-- Part 3: US-12 Through Chicago's Northwest Suburbs and Spring Grove

MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021

One thing about roads in Spring Grove, Illinois, is that everyone one of them has a different name depending upon which side of US-12 you are on.  Through Spring Grove, US-12 is essentially an east- -to-west road (while going through Chicago's Northwest Suburbs it runs southeast-to-northwest).

Meyer Road becomes Blivin Street north of US-12.  Once over the railroad tracks, you will find the Spring Grove Fish Hatchery to your left (west) and a small park on Nippersink Creek with a canoe launch and a plaque and a model of the first silo in the United States invented by Fred Hatch of Spring Grove.

The fish hatchery and the silo are probably Spring Grove's two greatest claims to fame.

At Main Street, there is an old bank that has now been converted into a lawyer's office and a bar/restaurant named the Grove that has an excellent outside seating area and lots of live entertainment.  This building dates back to before 1900 and has been in use ever since as a bar or restaurant, usually both.

One time we were there, we saw two horses tied up to the fence.  Yep, we're kind of like out in the country in Spring Grove.

--RoadDog