The stories of Winnebago County, IL
7 narrated audio stories from across Winnebago County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Midway Village Museum
Where Rockford’s Past Puts On Its Shoes
How Midway Village turns local history into lived experience.
Rockford
When Influenza Overran Camp Grant
A training camp became a place of sudden, overwhelming loss.
Camp Grant National Cemetery
Where Camp Grant Still Speaks
A burial ground that became Rockford’s clearest link to Camp Grant.
Rockford
When Wartime Baseball Came to Rockford
How the Rockford Peaches began and why they mattered.
Rockford
When Rockford Had a Champion
A wartime season when the Peaches gave Rockford a true baseball champion.
Camp Grant
When Farm Fields Became Camp Grant
How wartime urgency turned fields outside Rockford into a city of soldiers.
Anderson Japanese Gardens
From Private Vision to Public Garden
How one Rockford man's passion became a celebrated Japanese garden.
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