400 Block of East State (south side of street) City Hall expansion Loss of 4 Historic Buildings

Source: Nuggets of History  Summer 1990  Vol. 27  No.3

State Housing Board’s Certificate of Necessity authorizing the creation of the Rockford Housing Authority, July 11, 1951

Sources: Letter donated by library patron 9/22/2021, article Rockford Morning Star, July 14, 1951

David Stanley Hassel

Source:  Rockford Register Star, April 25, 2021.

Kinsey Farms Subdivision located within walking distance of Kishwaukee Consolidated School

Source: Rockford Republic  February 25, 1920

Source: Kishwaukee School Postcard Ebay Image

Veterans Who Have Passed–James J. Mays

Source:  Rockford Register Star, July 5, 2020.

Rockford Watch Company Clean-Up

Source:  Rockford Register Star, Jeff Kolkey.