Bigger than ever 🙂
River Days bingo hosted by the Rockford Area Historical SocietyRead More
// by Kevin Koehler
Bigger than ever 🙂
River Days bingo hosted by the Rockford Area Historical SocietyRead More
// by Kevin Koehler
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 …
// by Kevin Koehler
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. …
// by Kevin Koehler
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 …
// by Kevin Koehler
The Centennial Hotel was located on Mechanic Street on the north end of the village of Rockford. The building was built in 1876 by Louis Allars it remains one of …
// by Kevin Koehler
Looking south from the HWY 55 bridge you can see the flooding of the Crow River. Picture was taken after the June of 1956 rains flooded the riverbanks. In the …