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 …
Bridge Street Looking West – Circa 1913
This is one of the earlier postcards I have seen of Rockford businesses. This is dated 1913. This was taken facing away from the river looking down Bridge street. The …
Rockford Drive Inn – 1962
Inside of the diner that John and Elsie Mutterer owned. L-R pictured John Mutterer, Ruth Ferry and Hilda Schleif (Mutterer).
Rockford Drive Inn – Circa 1960
Inside of the diner that John and Elsie Mutterer owned. The girl on the left is Judy Vergin, not sure who is on the right. Inside of the diner that …
Rockford Feed Mill Circa 1980
The truck on the right belonged to John Beise and the one in the middle was Eric Reddipenning’s. The bridge was closed off to car traffic after the flood of …