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.
Rockford Train Depot
A haunting image of the Rockford train depot on the north side of the tracks, just east of the Crow River. Today DiversiFoam’s parking lot would come close to the …
Schroeder Lutheran Church
Most of Rockford’s earliest settles were of English ancestry. German immigrants began coming with greater frequency about 1870. Once settled into their homesteads; German settlers looked for a place of …
David Cadwell
Rockford had it’s own version of Davy Crockett. Below is the story of David Cadwell from the St. Paul Globe in 1885. David Cadwell A Well Known Hunter from the …
1910’s Rockford Town Team baseball
Rockford Baseball team circa 1916: Back row Middle is John Schaar (I think Mutterers are on either side of him) Middle row left is Jacob Kettenacker, we are looking for …
Jeffie Hauser – circa 1870
Evelyn Jeffersonia “Jeffie” Hauser was the daughter of Judge Nathaniel Timotheus Hauser II of Minneapolis. In 1871 Jeffie married James M Harris. The couple would move east to Pennsylvania where …
O. F. Anderson Calendar
O. F. Anderson owned and operated a general store in Rockford prior to 1910.
Harpo Lemmage 1940’s
Harpo Lemmage pauses for a snapshot after a game in the late 1940’s while he played town ball for Rockford. The jacket Harpo is wearing has the patch from Rockford …
Rockford High School Class of 1953
Sixteen students graduated from Rockford’s high school in 1953. If you have class photos of past Rockford students please reach out to us at rockfordmnhistory@gmail.com as we are trying to …
Rockford Baseball very early 1900’s
Rockford, Minnesota had organized baseball teams as far back as 1875. This one of the earliest team photos we have, no names are known. If you are able to help …
John Parmeter 1890 Rockford Baseball
This is the earliest known picture of an identified Rockford baseball player. The portrait is of John Parmeter who lived in Rockford until 1898. John was born in 1860 in …