History of New Rockford: Dec. 28, 2020

On the morning of Sept. 28, 1903, a big dray team belonging to Bauer & Larkin ran away and bolted down Lamborn Avenue East; they lost most of their load of wood before they were stopped. Dexter Knolton of Knolton Bros., a banking firm in Freeport, Ill., came in to visit his cousins Mrs. G.W. Brownell (and her family) and Dr. F.D. Norton at the Brownell residence on Stimson Avenue West. Former resi...