On August 25th, 1917 at 1:15am westbound Soo Line 1007 freight train was nearing Rockford. At that same time an eastbound Soo Line freight train was exiting to the siding. …
Whitcomb’s General Store
Bruce Whitcomb’s father Marshall and grandparents John and Cornelia moved to Rockford from Redwood Falls in the early 1920’s opening a store here. The store was located on the northwest …
Val Imm Dry Goods Store – Circa 1920
Tom Lemmage was able to share this information about the building. “This was a candy store across the street from the white bank (ABC lettering now). A later picture of …
Rockford Village Hall
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 …