Source: Growing the Midwest Garden, by Edward Lyon, Timber Press, 2015, p.73.
A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
Source: Growing the Midwest Garden, by Edward Lyon, Timber Press, 2015, p.73.
Sources: articles: Rockford Register-Republic, April 14, 1903, p.3, Rockford Register-Republic, September 26, 1958, p.B1; postcard: hippostcard.com
Sources: Rockford Morning Star, Dec. 7, 1934; black and white photos, 1939; color photo 2020, courtesy Chuck Abramson, moderator, Rockford Made It (Facebook entry posted Dec. 10, 2020).
Source: Corina Curry, Rockford Register Star, July 19, 2020.
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 8, 2020
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
Source: Rockford Register Star, Ken De Coster, May 3, 2019, p. A1.
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 19, 2019.
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 22, 2019
Source: Rockford Register Star, April 18, 2019.