Kent Creek

R. H. Tinker Injured Well Known Citizen Struck by a Central Train March 3, 1900

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Source: The Rockford Daily Register Gazette    March 3, 1900  pg.2

Rockford Township farm Plat map – North West, 1957

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Rockford Township plat NW

Source: Farm Plat Book, Winnebago County , 1957  Sponsored by Union Grange No. 811, Inc.

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad – 1917

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Chicago Milwukee

Grayish-blue color is the North Branch of the Kent Creek

Olive-y green is the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad.

North-South Streets are Lee St. and Kilburn Ave.

East West St. is Bruce St.

Source:  Th. L. Leon de Tissandier’s 1917 Atlas of the City of Rockford and Vicinity