Source: Rockford Morning Star 5/4/1947 p. 1
Rock River Valley
“Home prices hit 17-month high” – 7/6/2012 recession/recovery
Source: Rockford Register-Star 7/6/2012
“39 JA Companies Are Organized” – 1968
Source: Rockford Morning Star Oct. 15, 1968
“Rockford-area Starbucks survive round of closures” – 2008
Source: Rockford Register Star July 21, 2008
Rock River Valley Spending – 2011
Source: Rockford Register Star 6-3-2012
“Electrical Engineers To Meets on Thursday” – 9-25-1948
Tornadoes – Rock River Valley
Stephen Mack homestead – 1970 article
“Stephen Mack’s homestead coming apart at seams”
“Mack, who is believed to be the first white settler in Rockton Township and probably in the Rock River Valley, built the two-story frame house for his Indian whife, Hononegah, and family, around 1839, three years after the county was founded.”
“Located on a knoll overlooking the junction of the Pecatonica and Rock Rivers, the homestead is surrounded by Macktown Forest Preserve and golf course, and flanked by a maintenance building for the forest preserve.”
“Until a year ago, the building was never heated……….Last Summer the county had furnace installed in the basement to prevent the wood from rotting further because of too much humidity……the heat caused the wood to shrink so he floor crackles when walked on and it appears to be separating from its link with the second floor stairway…”
Source: Rockford Morning Star March 8, 1970