“Some 150 total performers.
Headliners:
SHeDAISY – Aug. 31, 2006
Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo – Sept. 1, 2996
Cheap trick, Buddy Guy – Sept. 2, 2006
Ted Nugent – Sept. 3, 2006
Full article in Rockford Register Star 8/30/2006
2006
Leath Furniture Co., ad – 2006
Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Spring 2006, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 2
“Welcome, Sen. Jones, you found Rockford” by Pat Cunningham, 2006
Source: Rockford Register Star June 21, 2006
“Feds arrest 8 men, shut down alleged gambling ring” – 2006
Source: Rockford Register Star February 2, 2006
Finding Your Father’s War – 2006
Source: actual book, Dewey Decimal R940.54097 G 284f, shelved in Local History
Barber-Colman Co. – founders, portraits
On the cover of his biography: Howard Colman, above. Book by Rockford historian Jon Lundin, c. 2006.
William A. Barber (1848 – 1912) . According to author Lundin, “his involvement in Barber-Colman Co. did not extend much beyond his initial investment of $100.”
Cox, Carol – 2006
Source: Rockford Register Star Oct. 10, 2006