Source: Rockford Register Star, Alex Gary, July 10, 2019.
Pledges will make possible a new museum to honor the women of baseball, announces IWBC.
Museums
Jocelyn Hare, board president, Heritage Museum Park
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
Julia Halsted, Deputy director of operations, Region 1 Planning Council
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
In His Grandfather’s Footsteps
Paul Doherty’s mission is to learn as much as he can about his grandfather Leon’s WWI experiences to shine some light on Company K’s service. He has made three trips to France and walked in his grandfather’s footsteps to discover many things about the way the troops lived while in this war-torn area of France and Belgium.
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 2, 2019.
Laura Furman, Curator of Collections and Education, Midway Village Museum
Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Annual Guide 2019
R. H. Tinker Residence, Kent Street, 1902
Residence of Mr. Robert H. Tinker. The Tinker Swiss Cottage.
Source: 1902 Rockford Illinois, Press of Horner Printing Company, Rockford, ILL, p. 67, 1902.
Frank Lloyd Wright Trail in Illinois – June 2018
Source: The Voice; of the Rockford Business Community, June 2018. Rockford Chamber of Commerce.
Music on the Rock at Burpee Natural History Museum – 2018, Bun E. Carlos
Source: Market Street Press, June 18
June 13: Bun E. Carlos
June 20: Howlin’ Brothers
June 27: Jimmy Thackery and The Drivers
July 11: Nashville-based string band American blues and blue-grass, Kevin Gordon
July 18: Sam Llanas, American singer and acoustic guitarist
VIP reserved chair seating $15 ; lawn seating free to the public
“A Rockford Artist at her Easel”
Source: Rockford Daily Republic 8/17/1929
“Tinker Topics” – April – June 2018 issue
The Rockford Public Library Local History and Genealogy Dept. retains copies of former newsletter and news articles and books
Source: Donation of Member Newsletter