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Rockford
was founded in 1834 by
Germanicus
Kent as the village of Midway because it was approximately midway between his
home of
Galena and the city of Chicago. Kent, a land speculator, established a
settlement on the west side of the Rock River and was soon joined by Daniel Shaw Haight, who established a Rockford Female Seminary
was chartered in 1847. It became Rockford College in 1892, fully coeducational
in 1958 and is today recognized as a top liberal arts institution. In August of
1852, the year Rockford was officially chartered as a city, the Galena & Chicago
Union Railroad arrived, spurring economic growth in the region. Shortly there While the earliest settlers were from New York and New England, beginning around the 1850’s immigration drove the population growth of the region and it became a virtual melting pot. The Irish arrived in the early 1850’s followed by the Swedes. In many areas of Rockford the Swedish language was as common as English well into the 1920’s. Other ethnic groups also appeared including the Italians, Poles and Lithuanians, and more recently Laotians, Vietnamese and Hispanics. By the turn of
the century, Rockford was recognized as a vital industrial hub and was a
manufacturing center for
machine tools, furniture, agricultural equipment and more. Many nationally
known manufacturers called Rockford home including The early 20th century found Rockford an important military center as well. Camp Grant was established at Rockford in 1917, training thousands of soldiers for World War I. Rockford’s fascination with sports, and particularly baseball began shortly after the Civil War, with the success of the Forest City Baseball Club. Some of baseball’s earliest icons began their careers in the Forest City, including Albert Spaulding, Ross Barnes and Adrian Anson. Then from 1945 to 1954, Rockford again gained national recognition with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League team, the Rockford Peaches. View Homes in Rockford below:
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town on the east side of the Rock. While the
settlements quickly became known as Kentville and Haightville, the area
continued to be recognized as Midway until 1837 when the founders and several
respected members of their communities met in Chicago and officially changed
Midway’s name to Rock Ford.
after, the
newly formed Water Power District erected a huge dam harnessing the power of the
Rock and facilitating industrialization. By 1872, Rockford was the home of
Illinois’ second public library and 1877 it saw the successful launch of a daily
newspaper.
Ingersoll Milling Machine
Company, Greenlee Brothers, Barber-Coleman and others.