HISTORY OF ROCKFORD AND WINNEBAGO COUNTY ILLINOIS FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1834 TO THE CIVIL WAR WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM NEGATIVES TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF NEW ENGLAND Published by the New England Society of Rockford, Ill. ROCKFORD, ILL. W. P. LAMB, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. 1900. "Both justice and decency require that we should bestow on our forefathers an honorable remembrance." Thucydides. TO THE MEMORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF ROCKFORD WHO FOUNDED THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY UPON THE NEW ENGLAND MODEL, AND GAVE TO IT THE BEST ELEMENTS OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. |