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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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