The economy relied heavily on selling produce, mainly pickles, and the farmers utilized the railway to conduct business with more industrialized cities such as St. Louis and Chicago.

The success of this transportation enterprise helped transform Cary into the suburban community it is today.

[14] The interior of the bed and breakfast room that Bill Murray's character stays in, in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, was built in a warehouse in Cary.

They concocted a senior prank which included launching a boat onto a pond on school property.

A Cary resident, Chris Rudolph, was a contestant on TLC's "Spouse House,"[20] airing in July 2017.

Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line has a station in Cary and operates daily service to Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago.