HOME is probably where you came in; features links to each page, photo of carriage house, message from Curator, business address and phone number, copyright data, counter, and webmaster contact. Also includes Mapquest link on how to find museum.

ABOUT US provides history of society, carriage house, museum, names of officers and directors.

• Preview of museum artifacts.

WHAT'S NEW features current events, schedule, programs, newsletters, and old stuff.

• Past Newsletters:
  SEP 2008 - AUG 2008 - MAY 2008 - APR 2008 - MAR 2008 - FEB 2008 - JAN 2008 - NOV 2007 - OCT 2007 - SEP 2007 - MAY 2007 - APR 2007 - MAR 2007 - FEB 2007 - JAN 2007 - DEC 2006 - NOV 2006 - SEP 2006 - AUG 2006 - MAY 2006 - APR 2006 - MAR 2006 - FEB 2006 - JAN 2006 - NOV 2005 - OCT 2005 - MAY 2005 - APR 2005 - MAR 2005 - FEB 2005 - JAN 2005 - NOV 2004 - OCT 2004
• Grandon Civic Center Construction Photos Includes a slide show featuring 1938 photographs.
• The Celebration A photo essay of an exciting event--the unveiling of the Lincoln bronze statue.
• Lincoln Statue Dedication Psst. Wanna buy a Lincoln bronze?
• New museum brochure available! explains feature available to general public.
• Lincoln and Sterling looks at the 150th year celebration.
• Renaissance of the Manahan home.
• Editorial, Daily Gazette: Preserving Lincoln's visit.
• Editorial, Daily Gazette: Febuary meeting will focus on bronze sculpture.
• Program 3/12/2006: Artist Don Morris with Lincoln bronze.
• Program 4/9/2006: Curator Terry Buckaloo talks on events surrounding Lincoln's 1856 visit.

RESEARCH details museum hours and outlines research request policy; includes mapquest directions to find museum.

MEMBERSHIP explains various membership options with mail-in form to join Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society.

STORIES articles written by members or citizens speaking of events in local history.

• The Underground Railroad Documented The facts in the form of a 1916 letter to Mrs. Edith Deets.
• Amatuer Historian Unravels Mystery Surrounding Sinnissippi Mounds Gazette Newspaper Article
• The Sinnissippi Mounds in Sterling, Illinois by Gunnar A. Benson
• The History of Mineral Springs Park by Florence Wetzell
• Notes for a Capsule History by Madeleine Nuttall
• The Illinois and Mississippi Feeder Canal by Gunnar Benson
• An Early History of Sterling by William D. U'Ren
• Romance of the old Arey house by Unknown Author
• Early Beginnings in Sterling by Gunnar Benson
• The Origins of Sterling's Growth and Prosperity by Chris Preston
• The Stone School, Jordan Township by Jerald Glawe (link to another site)

PHOTO ALBUM where old pictures allow one to reflect on obscure bits of history that time forgets.

FOR SALE items which just might satisfy your hunger for historical data.

• Four Sterling area Historic Structures Books By David Alan Badger
• "My Story" By John D. Arey, Book
• "Photos From the Archives" in Postcard format
• Two "Sterling of Illinois" Books by David Alan Badger
• Retrospective: Sarah Worthington, Book
• SRFHS Postcard Collection, Book
• Postcard Book in PDF format on CD
• Official Lincoln Statue Postcards
• History of Whiteside County, Illinois, Bent-Wilson, 1877
• Whiteside County by Wayne Bastain, 1968
• Joined by a River
• Sterling, Dixon, and Eastern Electric Railroad
• Roots on the Prairie
• Self-Guided Tour of Whiteside County
• The Rachel Hyde 1775 Sampler Kit

LINKS connections to other web sites of historical interest.

Contact: DIRECTOR  If requesting research first read RESEARCH POLICY.

Contact: WEBMASTER  Ask any questions concerning this site.