Source: Official Retrospective Exhibition of the Development of Harvesting Machinery for the Paris Exposition of 1900.
John H. Manny
John H. Manny, death, accomplishments – 1856, inventor of Reaper and Mower
Source: Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, February 2, 1856
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Illinois Historical Markers – Rockford
Source: Illinois Historical Markers; a Guide R 917.73 G946
The book covers the entire state. This is the page on Rockford.
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Manny-McCormick Trial
p. 417 Lincoln Defense Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois 929.377331 R883p also few pages at beginning of book How Rockford Became an Industrial City 977.331 R212h
Source: Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois 929.377331 R883p & How Rockford Became an Industrial City
977.331 R212h
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Manny, John H., Factory
On Race St., near the Railroad Bridge, stands an old 3 story building, building is now a part of Ward Love Pump Corporation building of the first Manny reapers happened here
Source: Nuggets of History, Nov-Dec 1966
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Manny Reaper vs McCormick
Manny won, dec announced 1/16/1856
Source: Rockfordiana “Bio MAL-MAN” & Rockford Morning Star 2/08/1953
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Ghost Tours – Tinker Swiss Cottage
Ghost Tours – Tinker Swiss Cottage
Steve Litteral, Executive Director of Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens and Kathi Kresol of the Rockford Public Library discuss ghosts at the Tinker Swiss Cottage.
Source: Rock River Times, 10/30 – 11/05/2013, Vol. 21, No. 2
