Source: Rockford Morning Star, Dec. 11, 1960
Winnebago County
Memorial Honors 600
Source: Watson, Andrea V; Yates, Jeff; Rockford Register Star, Aug. 1, 2021.
Winnebago County Outdoor Emergency Warning Siren System, installed beginning late 2008 and finished early 2009.
Source: Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department
Civil War substitutes
Rockford Register, September 3, 1864, p.3 (Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette)
Kinzinger Paves the Way
Source: Curry, Corina, Rockford Register Star, Feb. 18, 2021.
County’s First Census in 1835
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, May 3, 1940
Early Day Rockford Narrowly Escaped Going to Wisconsin
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, May 10, 1940
Debut of 911
Source: Rockford Register Star, January 20 and 21, 1991
R. Robert Funderburg Forest Preserve unveiled
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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.