1.0RPL's Local Historyhttps://history.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/localhistoryAndrewhttps://history.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/localhistory/author/afischer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vd0KKdsG1Y"><a href="https://history.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/localhistory/">About</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://history.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/localhistory/embed/#?secret=vd0KKdsG1Y" width="600" height="338" title="“About” — RPL's Local History" data-secret="vd0KKdsG1Y" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://history.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/localhistory/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Starting in 2008, Jan Carter, who worked in the Rockford Public Library’s Local History department, started collecting historical information and pictures of the Rockford area. These records date from the 1840s to present day and the collection is growing every day. Unfortunately, most of the information originally posted on this site is inaccessible as we […]http://history.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/localhistory/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdr-localHistory.jpg