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Term: Rockford

Located on the Rock river; was founded by New Englanders in 1834; became a manufacturing center when power was provided by a dam constructed across the river in 1844; noted as site of invention of reaper & mower combination by John Manny in 1850s.

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Rockford, Illinois, 1865 - 1935, New York