A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
On December 31, 1947, Frank Lindgren flew his Piper Cub from Franklyn field in Cherry Valley to the new Greater Rockford Airport, becoming the first pilot to land at the new airport. The Camp Grant land had been formally turned over to the airport authority by the war assets administration. Rockford Morning Star, Jan. 1, 1948
An aerial photograph of Camp Grant, from the Rockford Register-Republic, April 16, 1946.
Source: Rockford Register Star 12/20/2016
Trained a Quarter Million Men in 28 months in World War 1
Source: Nuggets of History, Vol. XVII No 3 Summer 1980 p 5 “A Brief Municipal History of Rockford”
Source: www.ebay.com, sale item
Source: www.ebay.com sale item, 2018
Source: Northwest Quarterly, Fall 2010, Pages 142-144 shown; actual article continues
Source: Rockford Register-Republic 10/16/1974
Source: Rockford Register Republic December 10, 1945
Additional middle column, below
Source: Rockford Morning Star and Rockford Register-Republic “Century Plus 10” Special Edition, March 1962