Seventh annual free concert at Riverside Park in Rockford benefitting the Rockford Fire Auxiliary and the Rockford Area Historical Society.
Rockford MN. 1917 West side of Main Street
From a collection of 1917 Rockford photographs a view of Main Street. The building on the far left is Cross Lutheran Church, just behind the church is the only known …
River Days bingo hosted by the Rockford Area Historical Society
Bigger than ever 🙂
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Centennial Hotel
Thank you to those who shared this wonderful postcard of the Rockford Centennial Hotel. The building was built in 1876 by Louis Allars not long after Rockford’s first hotel called …
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. …
Rockford’s first School House – built 1860
Pictured is Rockford’s first village school that was built in 1860. The building was located on Walnut Street roughly where Cross Lutheran’s parsonage is today. Thank you to Paul Hubler …