Source: Northwest Quarterly, Spring-Summer 2019
Rockford Park District
Wartowski Island, formerly Denton Island
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 14, 2002
Park District Worker Drowns in Lake
Register Star, July 21, 1990, Ben Rand.
Julia Halsted, Deputy director of operations, Region 1 Planning Council
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
Derricka Davis
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
Beattie Mounds Fund To Be Named for Van Pernis
Source: Rockford Register Star, Ken De Coster, May 3, 2019, p. A1.
Little-known ‘beauty’ gets major facelist
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 19, 2019.
Six Flags takes over at Magic Waters
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 18, 2019.
Meet Ann Bloomfield, Rockford’s newest golf leader
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 9, 2019.
Sledding past gang graffiti, Sunset Park, as found in Rockford, Big Town, Little City, by Pat Cunningham.
This building is the bottom half of what was the Sunset Park shelter house, as identified by Jean Lythgoe. Compare with the 1917 photograph of Sunset Park and the partial photo of this one Note the concession window, the door, and the smaller window. The two other photos mentioned can be found in the Local History database.