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The Tarkington automobile was a two-door, six-cylinder, [1] gas-powered car built in the early 1920s in Rockford, Illinois. Joseph Arthur Tarkington tried very hard to get his car into mass-production, but was unsuccessful. The company was incorporated in January 1920 with $500,000 of initial funding. [2]
The Rockford Park District operates 4 municipal golf courses, Aldeen Golf Club, [83] Ingersoll Golf Club, Sandy Hollow Golf Course, and Sinnissippi Golf Course. The Rockford Country Club is the only private golf course in city limits, [84] but The Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club and Forest Hills Country Club directly border the city.
The first bridge in Rockford was built on State Street across the river in 1852; it was the only crossing until 1890. Also that year, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad reached the east side of Rockford, built along the eastern riverfront, providing economic stimulus. By 1860, the entirety of State Street from the tracks to Second Street was ...
The slide room concept had been around in the RV industry since the 1970s and power slide outs since 1990, [21] but this was Sunline's first application of them. 50,000th Sunline, a 2000 T-2370. 8/26/99. The Saturn travel trailer line was launched in 1996. [22]
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Winnebago County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 285,350 making it the seventh most populous county in Illinois behind Cook County and its five surrounding collar counties. Its county seat is Rockford. [1] Winnebago County is the central county of the Rockford metropolitan ...
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The Rockford Register Star is the primary daily newspaper of the Rockford, Illinois, metropolitan area.The fifth-highest circulation newspaper in Illinois, the Register Star takes its name from the 1979 merger of two predecessors, the Register Republic (founded February 15, 1855 (), daily since January 6, 1873 ()) and the Morning Star (founded March 20, 1888 ()).