History of New Rockford: Dec. 21, 2020

On Sept. 21, 1903, McHenry attorney W.O. Lowden was in New Rockford on legal business. Dick Bohmbach was in from northwest of town on business, as was Thomas Turner of Barlow, who came up with his mother and son Carroll. Christ Jensen left for Battle Creek, Michigan, where he would work in an acetylene plant. Alice (Mrs. J.W.) Rager hosted a surprise birthday party for seven-year-old Gertrude Putn...