The story
Albert and Mrs. Heller opened the Kid-E-Ranch amusement park here in 1952 on leased land.
Everything that was here
- 1952–present
Kid-E-RanchOther
Ponies and kiddie rides on leased land at a busy highway corner.
See the map in 1953 → - 1955–1969
Gunnell's Restaurant and Bowling LanesRestaurant
The 'El-Rando Annex' with bowling lanes, bay windows and gas pumps.
See the map in 1956 → - 1941–1952
Sobie's CafeRestaurant
Chicken, steak and chow mein under a tower that burned in 1949.
See the map in 1942 → - 1925–1941
Rand TowerRestaurant
Dine-and-dance roadhouse famous for chicken dinners.
See the map in 1926 →
Nearby history
The Red Barn Restaurant and Brewery
Mount Prospect · 366 m away
The Red Barn at 303 E Kensington has been a gathering place for Mount Prospect since the building's construction in 1966
Randhurst Village
999 N Elmhurst Rd · 444 m away
The open-air successor that rose where the dome fell.
Baldini's Barber Shop
2 Pine Street (originally 30 Busse Avenue) · 1.7 km away
Prospect Heights City Hall
8 N Elmhurst Road · 1.7 km away
Seat of a city born January 31, 1976 after four decades as an unincorporated homeowners' association.
Mount Prospect Public Library
10 S Emerson St · 1.7 km away
Three library buildings on one Emerson Street block since 1950.
Capannari's Ice Cream
10 S Pine St · 1.8 km away
Gourmet ice cream served inside an 1880s general store.
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