Rochelle History
A project by Mr. Hagemann and his Rhet & Comp students at RTHS
Embedded Files
The Former Whitcomb Factory, 111 S. 5th Ave., Rochelle
Last Hardware Store in Rochelle: Ace Hardware at 1383 N. 7th
The city agreed to "protect and preserve the bank on the north side of what is known as the Quarry tract" when it paid $2,000 to buy Spring Lake from Clara Braiden in 1924. See deed from Clara Braiden here. (Photo at left is of Spring Lake from the south in 1922)
The city agreed to "protect and preserve the bank on the north side of what is known as the Quarry tract" when it paid $2,000 to buy Spring Lake from Clara Braiden in 1924. See deed from Clara Braiden here. (Photo at left is of Spring Lake from the south in 1922)
Sources of Rochelle-area history
Sources of Rochelle-area history
Overhead Photos
Overhead Photos
Ogle County GIS (land parcel info)
1939 photos from the air
1971: North Rochelle (image 98), South Rochelle (from Ogle County Soil book), others
Photo folder here
Plats and Surveys
Plats and Surveys
Books & Directories
Books & Directories
Books (secondary sources)
Newspaper pics and issues
City directories
Particular Places & Deeds
Particular Places & Deeds
See Places folder for your place
See History folder for topics
Articles about particular places
Comments on first Lane lot sales
First Buyers of Land
First Buyers of Land
Illinois Public Domain Land Tracts -- original purchasers from the federal gov’t.
General Land Office Records, U.S. BLM -- click here to find original patent letters granting ownership of federal land to first buyers. These include info about the person awarded the military warrants.
History of Land Offices in Illinois
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