History of New Rockford: June 29, 2020

The May 8, 1903, “Transcript” carried an article from the “Jamestown Alert” which claimed that New Rockford had had automobiles for years and that all the towns along the James River had them that year. [The first mention I have found in the “Transcript” of car-ownership by a New Rockford resident was from the June 13, 1902, issue, which said that on June 11, 1902, veterinarian J.C. Whiteman had r...