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22 unusual facts about Rockford


Atari Jaguar

The "CatBox" is an unofficial expansion peripheral for the Atari Jaguar released in 1996 by the Rockford, Illinois company ICD.

Bill Conterio

Nick plays as a goalkeeper for Carthage College, Andy as striker for the Marquette Golden Eagles, and the 1997-born twins, Mitch and Matt, for Rockford Raptors Soccer Club in Rockford, Illinois.

Chicago International Charter School

Chicago International Charter School is a charter school with 15 campuses in Chicago, Illinois and one campus in Rockford, Illinois.

Dennis Vaske

Dennis James Vaske (born October 11, 1967 in Rockford, Illinois) is a retired American ice hockey defenseman.

E. Woolsey Peck

In 1867, he moved to Sycamore, Illinois then to Rockford, Illinois and then back to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.He was elected chairman of the Military Reconstruction Convention of 1867.

Estwing

Estwing Manufacturing Company is a manufacturing company headquartered in Rockford, Illinois.

Germanicus Kent

Germanicus A. Kent (1791–1862) together with Thatcher Blake and Lewis Lemon founded Rockford, Illinois, USA in 1834.

Jeremiah Davis

In 1881, Davis moved to Rockford where he became director of the Forest City Insurance Company and the Rockford National Bank.

Jerusalem University College

The company that operates Jerusalem University College has an office in Rockford, Illinois.

Keith Country Day School

Keith Country Day School is a private, fully accredited, independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory school located in Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Live at Charlotte's Web

This 2-CD, 1-DVD package was recorded live at the club, Charlotte's Web, in Rockford, Illinois.

Milwaukee District West Line

Metra has long range plans to eventually extend the line to Huntley and Marengo, Illinois, and, in the long term, out to Rockford.

Nate Kelley

Nate Kelley (born February 15, 1978 in Rockford, Illinois) was the original drummer and backing vocalist for the progressive rock band Shabutie (now called Coheed and Cambria).

Oscar Albuquerque

He is currently the president of Pro Soccer International, an ownership group which holds the rights to American Indoor Soccer League teams in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois.

Pierce Biotechnology

Rockford, IL-based Pierce Chemical Company was founded in 1948 when Dr. Alan Pierce assumed active management of a company known as Midwest Extraction, which focused on extracting chlorophyll from alfalfa.

Rockford East High School

Rockford East High School is a comprehensive four year high school in Rockford, Illinois.

Rockford, Alabama

Fred gained popularity through a regular newspaper column, "A Dog's Life," about his activities and encounters, and then national recognition after he was profiled on cable TV's Animal Planet.

Rockford, Hampshire

A chapel at Rockford, subject to the church of Ellingham, was granted by Walter of St Quentin, with the tithe from his house, to the abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte about 1170, and mass was to be said there three times a week by the chaplain of Ellingham or a monk.

Steve Punt

In 2008 Punt wrote the script for and performed in Rockford's Rock Opera, a critically acclaimed ecological musical story created with school friend, Matthew Sweetapple, which has been published as an audiobook.

The Great Santini

Believing that the film's title - giving the perception that it was about circus stunts - would be the problem, it was tested as Sons and Heroes in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as Reaching Out in Rockford, Illinois, and The Ace in Peoria, Illinois.

Thunder Bay Thunder Cats

After eight seasons in Thunder Bay, the Thunder Cats were bought, moved to Rockford, Illinois, and renamed the Rockford IceHogs in 1999.

Ursus Factory

In 1977, a 7.9 million dollar export-import bank loan and a 7 million dollar loan from private American banks were granted to the Ursus tractor factory for the purpose of purchasing machine tools from the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company of Rockford, Illinois, and Gleason Works in Rochester, New York.


Alice Pollitt

Pollitt started at shortstop in her rookie season, then anchored third base for six years as part of a solid and durable Rockford infield that included Dorothy Kamenshek at first base, Mildred Deegan at second and Dorothy Harrell at shortstop.

American Higher Education Development

American Higher Education Development Corporation (AHED) is an owner of post-secondary educational institutions including East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota, Florida; Madison Media Institute in Madison, Wisconsin; Minneapolis Media Institute in Edina, Minnesota; Rockford Career College in Rockford, Illinois; Stautzenberger College in Maumee, Ohio and Brecksville, Ohio; and The Stautzenberger Institute in Allen Park, Michigan.

Amerock

The last company operations in Rockford closed in the 2000s following relocation to Columbia, Maryland and Huntersville, North Carolina.

Beyer Stadium

The Beyer Stadium, one mile from downtown in Rockford, Illinois, was the home of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League's Rockford Peaches from 1943 to 1954.

Brad Mills

Bradley Mills, Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Rockford IceHogs

Chicago Politicians

The Chicago Politicians was a team formed in 1986 by Arena Football League founder Jim Foster to play an initial "test game" in Rockford, Illinois, at the MetroCentre.

County roads in Hennepin County, Minnesota

County Road 92 is a series of roads beginning at County 50 in Rockford, passing through Greenfield, Independence, Minnetrista, and St. Bonifacius before ending at the Carver County line and continuing as Carver County Road 30.

Damascus, Arkansas

Kim Hammer, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 28 since 2011; reared in Damascus, born in Rockford, Illinois

Dorothy Harrell

Entering her first season as the starting shortstop, Harrell was instrumental part of a solid and durable Rockford infield that included Dorothy Kamenshek at first base, Mildred Deegan at second and Alice Pollitt at third.

Douglas Scott

Douglas P. Scott (born 1960), mayor of Rockford, Illinois, United States

Elahe Hiptoola

Their partnerships include "Hyderabad Blues",Rockford, 3 Deewarein," Bollywood Calling", Hyderabad Blues 2, Iqbal, Dor, Bombay to Bangkok," Aashayein", 8x10 Tasveer, Mod and Lakshmi.

Frederick J. Kapala

He was an assistant state's attorney of Winnebago County, Illinois from 1976 to 1977, and was in private practice in Rockford, Illinois from 1977 to 1982.

Illinois Service

A new line, the Black Hawk to Dubuque, Iowa via Rockford, Freeport and Galena, based on a former service to Dubuque that ran from 1974 to 1981

Japanese submarine I-12

The Ardent and the frigate Rockford were escorting a six-ship convoy midway between Honolulu and the United States.

KRFD

Chicago Rockford International Airport (ICAO code KRFD), an airport serving Rockford, Illinois, United States

Lake–Peterson House

The Lake-Peterson House was built in 1873, most likely by its first owner, John Lake and stands in front of the main complex for Rockford's Swedish American Hospital along Business U.S. Route 20.

Marie Mansfield

In the first round of the best-of-three series, Rockford swept the favored Chicks backed by victories from Fox and Mansfield and the bats of Eleanor Callow and Dorothy Kamenshek.

Rockford was the winner in Game 1 by a 9–2 score, but Earlene Risinger pitched a 2–0 shutout to lead the Chicks in Game 2, while Dorothy Mueller held off the Peaches on eight hits in the final game, to send Grand Rapids into the finals.

Mystery Scene

:Articles focus on writers (Stuart Neville, Edgar Allan Poe, Daphne du Maurier), characters (Trixie Belden, Jack Reacher), films and TV shows (“The Three Maltese Falcons”, Rockford Files, David Simon, humorous mystery movies), and subgenres (legal thrillers, romantic suspense, crime novels of the Civil Rights era), among other topics.

Northern Illinois Commuter Transportation Initiative

The mandate of the NICTI is to investigate regional transportation options for linking the Rockford area with Chicago.

Reiko Tamura

A character in Parasyte (known as Tamara Rockford in the Mixx version)

Rock Valley College Starlight Theatre

Starlight Theatre is one of two theatres operated by Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois, the other being the Rock Valley College Studio Theatre.

Ryan International Airlines

Since moving to Rubloff's headquarters in Rockford in 2006, Ryan held a notable number of contracts working mainly for the Department of Defense and the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Stanley Steemer

The company sponsors the NASCAR "30-lap Stanley Steemer NASCAR Late Model" race held at Rockford Speedway in Rockford, Illinois.

Starlight Theatre

Rock Valley College Studio Theatre (Rockford, Illinois), an indoor theatre often conflated with the outdoor Rock Valley College Starlight Theatre

Steve Stadelman

In the Illinois General Assembly Stadelman's associated representatives will be Democrat Charles Jefferson in State House District 67 and Republican John Cabello (R-Rockford) in State House District 68.

Stadelman was endorsed by former Rockford Board of Education President Nancy Kalchbrenner and former Mayors Charles Box and Doug Scott.

Tom Petersson

Now on a new label, Cheap Trick Unlimited, Cheap Trick released Rockford in June 2006 and The Latest in June 2009.

W23BW

W23BW's signal is nulled to the north, a remnant of the analog age when Rockford's WIFR broadcast on analog channel 23 (currently WIFR is on digital channel 41, but identifies as channel 23 via PSIP).

Washington Glory

The playoffs started out on a high note for the Glory when Monica Abbott threw her first professional no hitter and the first no hitter in Glory history in the August 25 opener against Rockford.

WQFL

WQFL-CA, a defunct low-power television station (channel 8) that was licensed to Rockford, Illinois, United States