Great photo of the Rockford community band taken in 1909. Hiram Cadwell was the director of the band and is in the front row, 4th from the right. The July …
Lillian Walker
Lillian Walker was born February of 1869 in “North Rockford”. From 1900 to 1920 she is listed as a school teacher at Rockford school “in town”. Pictured on top are …
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 …
Albert E. Hohenstein & Erich G. Wassermann
Albert E. Hohenstein and Erich G. Wasserman, maternal and paternal grandfathers of Rick Wassermann respectively, both served in WWI. Albert E. Hohenstein was born in Greenwood, MN in 1891. He both …
Friedrich Mutterer
Johann Friedrich Mutterer, or Friedrich to those who knew him best was born October 26th 1856 in Hofen Germany. He was the only child of Johann George and Anna Mutterer. …
Carl Fredrick Kashiemer
Carl Frederick Kashiemer (Case-hi-mer) would be just a couple months short of his 70th birthday today if he had not become a casualty of the Vietnam War. Carl was born …