Source: Rockford Register Star, May 21, 2021 and gorockford.com
Sports
First Harley Davidson and First Gas Driven Truck in Rockford
Baseball Team Rides in the City’s First Gasoline-Driven Truck
The Ironbrew Bottling works owned the first gasoline driven truck in Rockford-a two-cylinder Rapid dated 1906. Members of the old Maroon baseball team are passengers in the truck, among them Hal Carlson, later a big league player, and Hilding Nelson, who played with the Three-I league. Everett Russ, son of E.T. Russ and part owner of Russ and company, is in the driver’s seat, and beside him is his sister Gertrude, now Mrs. Theodore Nells, 315 N. 3rd st. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle in Rockford, pictured at the rear of the truck, is manned by Carl Bladstrom.
Source: Register Republic June 16, 1952 p.46
Veterans Who Have Passed–Howard Stanley Weyburg
Source: Rockford Register Star, Feb. 9, 2019.
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Jimmy Goodman Sr. — Rockford Boxing Coach Passes Away
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Veterans Who Have Passed–Steven Lyskawka
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 13, 2020.
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Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 8, 2020.
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Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 6, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed–Stanley L. Weiss
Source: Rockford Register Star, Aug. 28, 2020.
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