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      • Rockford Drive Inn
    • Churches
    • Government
    • Greenwood
    • Maps
    • People
      • Memorial Day Spotlights
        • Aaron Sprague Ames
        • Albert E. Hohenstein
        • William Henry Hopkins
        • Armin Christ Lieder
        • Fredrich Mutterer
        • Walter Mutterer
        • Benjamin Smith Parmeter
        • Harvey (Spud) Schulze
        • Lillian Walker
        • Others
      • Stork Family Papers
    • Pop Culture
      • Past Stories – Tidbits
    • Railroad
    • River
      • Bridges
      • Floods
    • Schaar Photo Collection
      • 1880 Photos
      • 1890 Photos
      • 1900 Photos
      • 1910 Photos
      • 1920 Photos
      • 1930 Photos
      • 1940 Photos
      • Unknown
    • Schools
    • Sports
  • Ames-Florida-Stork House
    • Visit the House
      • Public Hours
      • Public Tours
      • Book a Tour
      • Rockford Walking Tour
    • History of the House
      • About the Families
        • Ames Family
        • Florida Family
          • Diaries
        • Stork Family
      • About the Collections
    • The Beginnings
  • Get Involved
    • Become a Volunteer
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    • Privy Dig 2019
    • Thousand Hearts – Crow River Serve Day 2020
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Rockford

Crow River Christmas December 2, 2023 Noon-4pm

October 27, 2023 //  by Kevin Koehler

The Rockford Area Historical Society hosts a Christmas Open House. See the Ames-Florida-Stork House decorated for Christmas and at its sparkling best! Guests will arrive in a horse-drawn wagon, enjoy …

Crow River Christmas December 2, 2023 Noon-4pmRead More

Rockford MN Soo Line service

October 12, 2023 //  by Kevin Koehler

In the 1930’s and into the mid-late 1940’s Soo Line ran a passenger train that had Rockford as a regular stop. It was affectionately known as “The Dinky”. It was …

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Rocktoberfest

September 8, 2023 //  by Kevin Koehler

Seventh annual free concert at Riverside Park in Rockford benefitting the Rockford Fire Auxiliary and the Rockford Area Historical Society.

RocktoberfestRead More

Rockford MN. 1917 West side of Main Street

August 22, 2023 //  by Kevin Koehler

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 …

Rockford MN. 1917 West side of Main StreetRead More

River Days bingo hosted by the Rockford Area Historical Society

August 9, 2023 //  by Kevin Koehler

Bigger than ever 🙂

River Days bingo hosted by the Rockford Area Historical SocietyRead More

Centennial Hotel

June 11, 2023 //  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 …

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