Source: The Rock River Times, October 19-25,2016, Vol. 24 No. 1
Kishwaukee River
“Swedish Clubs Expect 600 at Annual Outing” – 1933
Source: Rockford Daily Journal July 22, 1933
Donated by Jef Benedetti
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Rockford Township N E , Farm Plat Book – 1957
Source: Farm Plat Book, Winnebago County Illinois, 1957
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Cherry Valley Township – 1957 Plat Map, Winnebago County
Source: Farm Plat Book, 1957; Winnebago County, Illinois; Sponsored by Union Grange No. 811, Inc.
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Black Hawk War, The – Thomas S. Johnson
Story continues. Issues of Nuggets of History are available to Rockford Public Library’s Local History Dept.
Source: Nuggets of History, Vol. 45, No. 4, December 2007
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Camp Almond – 1906
Source of article above: Rockford Republic 5/7/1906 p 5 col 3
Source of article above: Rockford Morning Star 5/6/1906 page 6 col 7
Source of article above: Rockford Morning Star 7/17/1906
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Vasa Park – 1948
Source: Rockford M0rnng Star Apr. 20, 1948
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Seth B. Atwood
Seth B. Atwood
Was Park Commissioner for 32 years
Donated 322 acres along the Kishwaukee River for a park in his name
Donated family homestead to County for a golf course
Source: “Rockford Big Town / Little City” 977.331 C973r, Rockford Public Library
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Winnebago County Forest Preserve video – 2010, Goin’ Musselin’
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Winnebago County – Cartographic Map
portion of Cartographic Map of Winnebago County, produced by The Legislative Study Group, Rockford Branch, of American Association of University Women
The portion shown shows the Rock River rising in a vertical line, and the Kishwaukee River veering toward the right, in a sometimes horizontal direction. At the bottom is Camp Grant, and at the top, Camp Fuller, which was located in the Harlem Blvd./Camp Ave./Guard St. neighborhood. An Indian, shown “above” Camp Grant identifies Indian Ancestral Mounds. A drawing of a lady in bustle holding an umbrella shows the site of Rockford Female Seminary, which became what is now Rockford University. John Brown, of Harper’s Ferry, is shown driving cattle across the Rock River. Little cabins show a small settlement called “Rib Town” located at south end of Kishwaukee St., and a grain mill shows the location of the New Mill Ford, which became New Milford.
This map and many other maps and atlases are located in the Local History Room of Rockford Public Library.
