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1844

“Earliest Rockford Photograph, 1853”

January 14, 2023Amber Kresol

Source: Swanson, Don. Rockford (Images of America). Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia, c2012. Page 16.

General 1844, block and tackle arrangement, Deratus Harper, East Side, Rock River, State Street

Whitman, Seth

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015Andrew

1844? Bought 145.73 acres from George Haskell

 

 

Source: art RR  11/9/1935; available in  Rockfordiana – Historic Houses and Landmarks-1 (Local History and Genealogy Room)

General 1844, George Haskell, historic houses, land, land purchase, landmarks, Seth Whitman

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