Sleighs were used often in the winter to transport people and products. The Rockford Mercantile Store in Rockford sold sleighs, cutters and buggies to area residents. Pictured are two of …
Peter Miller – Civil War Veteran
Elmwood Cemetery in Rockford, Minnesota is the final resting spot of more than 60 Civil War veterans. There are an additional 180 veterans buried there that served our country during …
Joseph and Sarah Thomas farm 1910
Joseph Thomas was born in Wales during 1845 to Anna and Hugh Thomas. The entire family immigrated to the America in 1853. Joseph would marry Sarah Allen while living in …
Nellie Florida Hatch
Nellie Florida was the first born child to Joel and Lucinda Florida during May 1846 in Boone, Illinois. Joel Florida traveled to Minnesota in 1855 taking a claim in October. …
Alice Crawford – Rockford Teacher 1898
One of the women who left an enduring mark on Rockford is Alice Crawford was born in 1872 to Oshea and Armenella Crawford. While growing up three of her siblings …
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 …