Source: Festa Italiana, 2023, p.27
Historical Group
Local Group Cleans Up Graves Belonging to Veterans
Source: Reamer, Elisa. “Local Group Cleans Up Graves Belonging to Veterans.” WIFR.com. Published on June 24, 2023. Accessed June 27, 2023.
https://www.wifr.com/2023/06/25/local-group-cleans-up-graves-belonging-veterans/
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Boulder Monument for Ulysses S. Grant’s Visit to Rockford in 1880
Enjoy these newspaper articles gathered on the boulder commemorating Ulysses S. Grant’s 1880 visit to Rockford.
The boulder bearing a bronze plate was dedicated on September 16, 1929 at Fair Grounds Park.
Current location: As of May 12, 2023, the Rockford Park District stated the boulder is currently at the Talcott-Page Park Maintenance Shop secured behind a fence. Rockford Park District staff said it was removed from Fair Grounds Park after “some kids rolled it down the hill.”
Source: The Rockford Register-Gazette, Sep 14, 1929, page 6.
Source: The Rockford Morning Star, Sep 17, 1929, page 1.
Source: The Rockford Morning Star, Sep 17, 1929, page 1 and continued on page 2.
Source: The Rockford Register-Gazette, Sep 17, 1929, page 7.
Source: Sunday Register Star, “Rockford’s Hidden History,” July 2 1995, page 17.
Source: Sunday Register Star, “Rockford’s Hidden History,” July 2 1995, page 17.
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Veterans Who Have Passed–Albert Hayden
Source: Rockford Register Star, July 28, 2020.
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Stephenson County Historical Society & Arboretum
Source: Northwest Quarterly, Autumn/Holiday 2019, v.16, no.5
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Beattie Mounds Fund To Be Named for Van Pernis
Source: Rockford Register Star, Ken De Coster, May 3, 2019, p. A1.
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Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2015 – Cover, Table of Contents
Source: The actual magazine. Rockford Public Library has past issues of the magazine that do not circulate but can be read in the library (usually the Local History Room).
Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Cabin Fever Winter 2015, Volume 12, Number 1
Page 17 above. All issues of all magazines are not catalogued. Northwest Quarterly contains “Local History” and indexing helps library staff find the issue with an article about Camp Grant or the article about Mendelssohn Club’s 100th Anniversary much faster for customers. See also website: NorthwestQuarterly.com
Eventually every name in every article will be tagged so that it can be searched in this index. The post is “published” before that all are entered; the procedure prevents loss of all the names that already have been entered.
Page 19 above
Page 21 above
Cover photograph by Brad Nordloff
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Edward Finch, local author – NW Quarterly, Spring 2011
Source: Northwest Quarterly, Spring 2011, pp. 218 – 220
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Nuggets of History, Summer 2017 – Rockford Remarkable Restaurants
Source: Nuggets of History [Rockford Historical Society]; Summer 2017 issue, Vol. 56, Number 2; cover shown. Article by Amanda Becker.
Nine page article mentions the following restaurants and restaurateurs: The Irish Rose, Stockholm Inn, Der Rathskeller, Capri and Linos, The Smokehouse Barbeque and Alvarez Restaurant, Mike Leifheit p. 4, Eklund Brothers Café p 4, Sweden House Restaurant p. 4, The Stockholm Inn p 4, The Brad-Lynn Restaurant p 4, Gus and Maxine Peterson p 4, Jim and Vera Osborn p. 4, John and Elaine Bilka, p 4, The Lingonberry Group, p. 4, Der Rathskeller Restaurant p 5, Fred Goetz p 5, Betty Giesen, p 5, Dick Giesen, p 5, Michael DuPre, p 5, Dom’s Restaurant p 5, Leonardi’s Restaurant p 5, Maria’s Restaurant, p 5, Capri Restaurant p 6, Vito Grisanzio p 6, Domenic Grasanzio p 6, Michael and Pat Battista p 6, Lino’s Restaurant, p 6, Joe Battista p 6, Frank Zammuto, p 6, Zina Horton p 6, El Dorado Club p 6, Archie “Papa” Hawkes, p 6, BB’s Soul Food Restaurant, p 7, Boria Blankenship p 7, Box’s Barbeque p 7, Smokehouse Authentic Bar-B-Que p 7, Gail and Stanley Fort, p 7, Wong S. Fong, p 8, Mandarin Gardens p 8, Lung Fung, p 8, Imperial Palace p 8, Kuma’s p 8, Wong’s p 8, Peking Restaurant p 8, Victor Yu, p 8, Great Wall Restaurant, p 8, Paul Wang, p 8, Gene and Suzy Wang, p 9, Yen Ching, p 9, Wen “Alex” Zeng, p 9, Alvarez Restaurant, p 9, Frank Alvarez, p. 9, Olympic Tavern p. 9, Guy Mutimer, p 9, Anthony Rotello, p 9, Town Hall Tavern, p 9, Chicken Charlie’s, p 10, The Feather Club, p 10, Ross’s, Piano Players, p 10, Gibby Anderson and Vern Ott, p 10, The Little King, p 10; Ten Stop-It, p 10, The Saddle and Cycle, p 10, Welch’s, p 10, Jacks or Better, p 10, Lee Pizzuto, p 10, Mike Pizzuto, p 10, Hick, Hickey’s, Johnson’s and Erwin’s, Little Italy, p 10, North Main Manor p. 10, The Blackhawk, p 10, The Grotto, p 10, D’Augostine’s, p 10, Jim Cantrore, p 10, Jimmy Vitale, p 10, Jungle Jim’s, p 10, Stone Eagle, p 10.The Branding Iron, p 11, The Last Straw, p 11, The Mayflower Restaurant, cover.
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Horse and Buggy at the Herrick House – ca. 1900, Haight Village
“Horse and Buggy at the Herrick Home, 420 S. 3rd St., in Haight Village, circa 1900”
Source: Haight Village Restoration Society Calendar, 1984
