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 Charter Manufacturing was first to use gasoline engine on a tractor. |
 Richard Arey residence was first home (Inn) built in Rock Falls. |
 Stone School in Jordan Township, ca1929. |
 Sterling's first auto, owned and made by Myron Detrich in 1900. |
 The Government Dam on the Rock River seen from Rock Falls side. |
 The dam nears completion on the Sterling side of river. |
 Reported to be the first airplane to land in area; flown by Lt. Eugene Ely. |
 E.E. Sheetz Millinery kept the ladies up with latest fashions. |
 Flock Hardware had the first auto delivery truck in Sterling. |
 The Fair Varieties, 116 E. Third St., Sterling. |
 The first Avenue G Bridge under construction over Rock River. |
 1st avenue Bridge from Rock Falls side, January 1899. |
 Circa 1893 J. R. Bell and Son, Sterling. |
 August 27, 1895 Repair of the Lower Dam, Sterling |
 Charter Gas Engine Co. Employees, 1904 |
 Moses Dillon Lumber Wagon Sept. 7, 1911 |
 E.B. Zimmerman Grocer, Rock Falls |
 1906 Ice Gorge takes out Avenue G Bridge |
 The Hoover home 6th Ave., Sterling |
 The City of Henry Tug on Hennepin |
 Coe Saw Mill? Bressler Grist Mill Jordan Township |
 Early Parade Street Scene in Sterling |
 Locust Street Flood, June 1925 |
 Shoot the Chutes Northwestern Fair |
 Original Schubert Symphony Club |
 William Flock to Puerto Rico 1898 |
 Miller Distillery Cooper Dept. |
 Keystone Band of Sterling-Rock Falls |
 The 'Old Girls' Reunion, 1892 |
 First Jail was in Central Park |
 Illinois Straw Products Co. Explosion, Rock Falls |
 Rock Falls News 1882-1896 |
 Moving Sterling Train Depot, 1924 |
 C&NW Railroad Yards at Nelson, 1912 |
 C&NW Crossing Sinnissippi Bayou |
 Rock Falls Manufacturing Co. Hearses |
 Sterling's Second Ward School, aka Central School |
 Sterling's Second Ward School Teachers, 1885 |
 Sterling Gazette Offices on Locust Street |
 Staff at The Standard, Sterling |
 Wallace School Fire 1909, Sterling |
 Sterling Municipal Band |
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