A big thank you to Jake Kettenacker who donated this postcard of the Rockford Village Hall to the Rockford Area Historical Society. The building sat parallel to Cedar Street with …
Rockford Community Band 1909
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 …
Rockford 1910 – Bridge Street
Rockford 1910 looking east on Bridge Street. The house on the left still stands today, next is a brick building behind the tree was built in 1908 and was a …
K C Bucklin – Blacksmith circa 1890
In 1880 Kit Carson (KC) Bucklin was just 17 years old and was already an apprentice blacksmith working for Daniel Guptil. By 1890 he had his own blacksmith shop in …
2021 Memorial Day – Meet the People
In 2020 due to COVID restrictions the Rockford Area Historical Society was not able to host their annual ice cream social at the Ames-Florida-Stork house. Efforts were put forth to …
Rockford Lumber Mill
Early picture of the Rockford Lumber Mill which was on the west side of the Crow River. For reference this would be still be just slightly north of the highway …