ROCKFORD  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seat of See also:

• WINNEBAGO

Winnebago county, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., on the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• RIVER

river, in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, about 85 m . N.W. of See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago . Pop . (189o) 23,584; (1900) 31,051, of whom 9337 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born (6690 Swedes); (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 45,401 . See also:

• AREA

Area, 8.91 sq. m . It is served by the Chicago, See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, the Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western, the Chicago, See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, the Chicago, Milwaukee & See also:

• GARY

Gary (" Rockford Route ") and the Illinois Central See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and is connected by interurban electric railway with Chicago and See also:

• FREEPORT

Freeport, Illinois, and See also:

• JANESVILLE

Janesville, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin . The city has a Memorial See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, erected in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the soldiers and sailors of Winnebago county, and in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic; a soldiers' memorial See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain; a See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie library, containing 51,340 volumes in 1909; and the Velie Museum of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history . Rockford See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (non-sectarian), for the higher See also:

• EDUCATION

education of See also:

• WOMEN

women, is ranked by the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• COMMISSIONER

Commissioner of Education as one of fifteen women's colleges of the highest grade in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; it was opened in 1849 as Rockford See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary, and was named Rockford College in 1892 . In 1908—9 it had 196 students . Rockford is the see of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop . In and near the city there are two hospitals and three sanatoriums . Manufacturing is facilitated by See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, supplied by a See also:

• DAM

dam across the Rock river about 800 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, constructed in 1844 .

Among the manufactures are See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery and knit goods, agricultural implements, foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products, See also:

• SADDLERY

saddlery and See also:

• HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness, &c . The See also:

• TOTAL

total value of all factory products in 1905 was $15,276,129 (38.6% more than in 1900) . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns andoperates its waterworks; the water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is obtained from artesian See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells . Rockford was first settled in 1834, and was chartered as a city in 1852 . More than one-See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of its area has been annexed to the city since 1889 .