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      • Floods
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      • Unknown
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      • Rockford Walking Tour
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        • Florida Family
          • Diaries
        • Stork Family
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    • The Beginnings
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Archives for September 2020

Walter & Elmer Vergin

September 30, 2020 //  by Kevin Koehler

Rockford gas station that was on Bridge street near where the Buffie Chiropractic building is now. Pictured are Walter and Elmer Vergin. They were brothers who owned and operated the …

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Cross Lutheran Church

September 27, 2020 //  by Kevin Koehler

Cross Lutheran Church on the corner on Main and Walnut streets. Photo was taken in 1956 when the congregation was celebrating their 50th anniversary. The building was bought from an …

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Rockford House circa 1960

September 20, 2020 //  by Kevin Koehler

The Rockford house circa 1960. Eight lanes for bowling, full bar and dining. Doc Torblaa started the establishment, later added the bowling alley. Later Bill Sipe bought the Rockford House.

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Midland Lumber & Coal Company

September 18, 2020 //  by Kevin Koehler

It was common for homes in Rockford to use coal for heating prior to 1940. In September of 1921 there were listed two retailers of coal in Rockford which had …

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Presbyterian Church

September 18, 2020 //  by Kevin Koehler

The Presbyterian Church was one of the first organized church bodies in Rockford with Rev. James H. Hunter serving the congregation from 1863 – 1870. His salary for the first …

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