Black Hawk (or Black Sparrow Hawk as he was originally known) led a dissident band of Sauk and Fox Indians into the Rock River Valley of northwest Illinois in the spring of 1832 in an attempt to reclaim tribal lands from American . . . — — Map (db m133514) HM
The field bunkers were used in World War I for spotting mortar and 37mm cannon fire. Soldiers would sit in the bunkers and wait to see if the shooters had hit their targets. Then the soldiers by field telephone would identify the shooters of their . . . — — Map (db m133533) HM
The Camp Grant Rifle Range, located in New Milford just south of Rockford, was a training camp for U.S. Army troops during World War I in small arms, 37-mm infantry gun, mortar and anti-aircraft gun use. During World War II, the camp was used by the . . . — — Map (db m133534) HM
Ho-no-ne-gah was the Potowatomi Indian wife of Stephen Mack, the first white settler in the Rock River Valley. Mack met her in the 1820s while trading with Indians near the present village of Grand Detour. In 1829 Ho-no-ne-gah and her husband . . . — — Map (db m261984) HM
This Memorial Hall, the first of its kind in the United States, dedicated to our Veterans of all wars, was completed in the year 1903 with dedication ceremonies on June Third of that year by our twenty-sixth President Theodore Roosevelt with these . . . — — Map (db m95722) HM WM
Stephen Mack, a fur trader who lived among the Potowatomi and Winnebago Indians in the Rock River Valley, is generally considered to be the first white settler in Winnebago County. In 1829, Mack laid claim to property near the mouth of the . . . — — Map (db m133531) HM
When President Theodore Roosevelt dedicated Memorial Hall on June 3, 1903, it marked the first time that a sitting Chief Executive of the United States had visited Rockford. (Both Lincoln and Grant had come here during the 19th . . . — — Map (db m133516) HM
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Founded by Rockford Region natives Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos and Robin Zander in 1973, Cheap Trick tours, writes and records consently. The band gained respect quickly and is particularly popular in Japan, . . . — — Map (db m261973) HM
Raised on a farm in Pecatonica, Jesse Barloga graduated with an architectural degree from the University of Illinois in 1911. He first worked as a draftsman for Rockford architect Frank A. Carpenter, founding his own firm in 1919.
During his . . . — — Map (db m261978) HM
William Brown (1819-1891)
William Brown lived in Rockford for 45 years, serving as a teacher,
attorney, prosecutor, mayor, judge, civic leader, and investor. Born in Cumberland, England in 1819, Brown moved to America
with his parents in . . . — — Map (db m261976) HM
(Left panel) To all Veterans, to our neighbors and friends, to the men and women who served in every branch of the Armed Forces in time of war or peace, we dedicate this memorial. Remembered here before us are brave veterans from World War II, . . . — — Map (db m261981) WM
