Source: Rockford Register Star, July 28, 2020.
history
Lincoln School, later Franklin School (1926), 405 N. Court Street, opened 1892, closed 1971, demolished 1976
Sources: Photo: Photo Gravere Views, 1893; Map: Sanborn Atlas, 1913-1928 [Note that North Street is later Park Ave.]; Article: “Lincoln School Third Hospital,” Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, October 11, 1918, p.5. In October, 1918, it was one of three emergency hospitals during the Spanish flu pandemic, along with the Boys’ Club and the Knights of Columbus building on N. Main St. Lincoln was renamed Benjamin Franklin School in 1926, when Abraham Lincoln Middle School was built on Charles Street.
Theodore Tinker came back to Rockford for a visit, and recalled life at Tinker Cottage
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 6, 1981
Winnebago County, Illinois map, 1870
Source: 1870 Winnebago County, Illinois Map, showing former townships of New Milford (annexed 1916) and Guilford (annexed 1929), now part of Rockford Township.
Veterans Who Have Passed–Rex Owen Moore
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 15, 2019.
DNA Reveals D-Day Love Story 75 Yrs. Later
Source: John Leicester, The Associated Press and Rockford Register Star, May 21, 2019.
Liberty Bell, formerly at Colonial Village Shopping Center, now at Midway Village Museum
Source: Midway Village Artifacts E-Newsletter, May 2020
Made a Name for Himself James H. Breasted, Former Rockford Man, Has Come to the Front
Source: Rockford Republic November 10, 1898 pg.5
R. H. Tinker Injured Well Known Citizen Struck by a Central Train March 3, 1900
Source: The Rockford Daily Register Gazette March 3, 1900 pg.2
History Lesson: Laurie Walquist
Source: Rockford Register Star, Alex Gary, Sept. 18, 2019.