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The first important settler of what would become the city of Rockford was Smith Lapham, who came to Kent County in 1843 after living in Washtenaw County for 18 years. Smith Lapham came to the banks of the Rogue to assist in the completion of a dam and sawmill begun by a William Hunter. Hunter gave Lapham 40 acres of land on the east side of the ...
Sep 23, 2022 · ROCKFORD, Mich. — Before Rockford, there was Laphamville. In the early 1840s, Smith Lapham purchased about 80 acres of land to build a sawmill. "There was another man who lived on the other side ...
- Max Goldwasser
- August 1, 2024
- Max.Goldwasser@Fox17online.com
The teacher of that first school was Amy Ann Lapham, a teen age daughter of Smith Lapham. Her name should remain enshrined forever, with honor and distinction, in the annals of Rockford’s history. Amy Ann Lapham, 1828-1922 : EARLY LAPHAMVILLE YEARS: 1846-A Doctor, A Church, and A Sunday School
Jul 17, 2024 · One of the first white settlers was Smith Lapham, who came in 1843 and who was given 40 acres on the east side of the Rogue by a business partner. The partner left but Lapham stayed. As more people came to the area, a town began to form and was platted at Laphamville in 1856.
- Ann Byle
along Old Highway 131, lies Rockford, begun, like our Rock-ford, with a dam and a sawmill. U.S. 131 is now a super highway, and by-passes Rockford two miles to the west, but there is an exit there, so Rockford is not difficult to find. It was in the fall of 1843 that Smith Lapham, born in Rhode Island in 1804, completed his dam on the Rogue River.
Aug 10, 2009 · Rockford wasn't always Rockford. The city's first name was Laphamville, named for one of the town's first settlers, Smith Lapham, who built a mill on the Rogue River before the Civil War. It wasn ...
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