Loves Park / Nicole C. Lindsay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindsay, Nicole C., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Loves Park (Ill.)--History--Pictorial works.

Loves Park (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

Loves Park got its name from Malcolm A. Love, a Rockford industrialist and alderman who, in 1901, purchased 236 acres of land along the east bank of the Rock River just a few miles north of Rockford. Love used the property as a private retreat. Soon thereafter, a railroad was built through the area, and in the decades that followed, residences and businesses started to arrive. The city incorporated in 1947 with a population of 4,500. Once it was established, all the elements of a modern community followed, including police and fire departments, a library, churches, gas stations, restaurants, and other businesses. Since then, the city of almost 24,000 has continued to prosper and is now home to the annual Memorial Day Young at Heart Festival, which brings in people from all across northern Illinois, and RiverHawks Stadium, home of the Rockford RiverHawks Frontier League baseball team.

Contents:

The early years

Around the town

Businesses

Transportation

Education

Places of worship

Parks, recreation, and entertainment

Natural disasters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126) and index.

OCLC:

884577517