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 …
Mutterer Farm early 1910’s
Pictured is the farmhouse his father Johann Fredrick Mutterer and Magdalena Braeuning Mutterer built and raised ten children in. Herman Mutterer married Frieda Kettenacker in 1902. and they would be …
Rockford Presbyterian Church
Fitting during Women’s National History month that we share an example of the influence Rockford’s women had on the village. The Ladies’ Union Sewing Circle was in existence prior to …
Johnson Brother Store
E. W. Johnson store that eventually became the Johnson Brothers Bank. Picture taken prior to 1903.