Burpee Museum
“Welcome, Sen. Jones, you found Rockford” by Pat Cunningham, 2006
Source: Rockford Register Star June 21, 2006
Rockford Park District – Floating Taxi Service
Source: above: Rockford Register Star 9/20/2011
Burpee Museum, 2017 – Paleofest
Source:Â The Rock River Times, March 1, 2017, Vol. 24, No. 20
National Fossil Day – Burpee Museum
Main St., North, 737
?home of August Colton, (<1839>) small 1 story frame house No(North?) of First Presby. Church John S. Coleman built the mansion after Coleman, owned by John Manny photo of building as “Manny homestead” 1864 Manny purchased, $15,000
Source: Rockfordiana – Historic Houses and Landmarks – 1 & Rockford Morning Star 6/15/1952 &Â Rockford Register Republic 11/9/1935
Nelson, Wm. pres. Forest City Knitting Co, res 737 N Main
Source: 1899 Rockford City Directory
photo above Source:  Rockfordiana – Historic Houses and Landmarks- 1
Gustafson, John, coachman John Manny, res 737 N Main
Source: 1899Â Rockford City Directory
Wm. Nelson, Colonel
Source: 1925 Rockford City Directory
interior and exterior photos purchased by City $25,000 7 rooms in cellar Nelson home nearly 1/2 century Nelson purchased 1890, $20,000-see Rockford Daily Register Gazette article
Source: Rockfordiana – Historic Houses and Landmarks – 1 & Rockford Register Republic 11/9/1935 & Nuggets of History Nov-Dec 1969
Burpee Gallery of Art, Rockford Art Assoc.
Source: 1968 Rockford City Directory
Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Spring 2010, pp 134 – 139 see also Riverfront Museum Park
Source: http://maps.google.com c. 2008
Riverfront Museum Park
See also: Main Street North 813
See also: Discovery Center, Burpee Museum,  Rockford Art Association
Dr. Alan Brown, Burpee Museum of Natural History Executive Director
Sarah Wolf, Discovery Center Museum Executive Director
Burpee and Discovery Center Expansions “Tourism, Jobs and Something Wondrous”
…when a 5,000 sq ft Smithsonian-quality hall for traveling exhibits opens…
5,000 sq ft Woodward Exhibition Hall will be completed this Summer
The two science museums although managed separately will share hall
In 2008 more than 144,000 visitors came to Discovery Center
In 2008 more than 90,000 visitors came to Burpee
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine Spring 2010
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