The river had not yet crested when this picture was taken in April of 1965. A quote from Betsy Vergin expresses the thankfulness of the community -“The salvation army gave …
1965 Flood Omar Lemmage
The flood of 1965 raised the water level higher than any other year recorded. City workers used boats to travel through town checking on residents that stayed in their homes …
1948 Rockford Legion Baseball
Rockford has a top notch amateur baseball team which won multiple Wright-Hennepin League titles in the 1940’s – 50’s. Feeding those teams was a Legion team that also played on …
Luther Giese Store circa 1900
An early 1900’s photo or maybe 1890’s of Luther Giese’s Harness and Hardware store. The store is mentioned in the Dec 1909 Great Northwest Magazine. They sold everything a settler …