Early Days Of Rock Island Illinois And Davenport Iowa
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Early Days Of Rock Island Illinois And Davenport Iowa
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Author : M. M. Quaife
language : en
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Release Date : 1995-03-01
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Early Days In Davenport And Rock Island
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Author : Nick Vulich
language : en
Publisher: Nick Vulich
Release Date : 2022-05-04
Early Days In Davenport And Rock Island written by Nick Vulich and has been published by Nick Vulich this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-04 with History categories.
Early Days in Davenport and Rock Island looks at twelve people who made their mark on the Quad Cities. Some you know. Others are lost to history. Black Hawk and Keokuk are the Sac and Fox chiefs who inhabited the area along the Mississippi and Rock Rivers when the first settlers arrived. Keokuk understood that it was impossible to beat the whites and did his best to work with them. Black Hawk was a cantankerous, proud old man who loved his lands and refused to give them up. Things came to a head in 1832. The whites chased Black Hawk and the British Band out of Illinois in what would become known as the Black Hawk War. George Davenport came to Rock Island in 1816 as a sutler to the troops who built Fort Armstrong. Two years later, he set off on his own trading with the Winnebago, Sac, and Fox tribes. He built his home on Rock Island, not far from Fort Armstrong, and over time became one of the richest, most powerful men in the area. Antoine Le Claire came to Fort Armstrong in 1818 as an Indian interpreter. William Clark, Governor of the Louisiana Territory, sent him to Father Neil’s School for Boys in St. Louis to learn English. Le Claire spoke seventeen Indian dialects, as well as French, English, and Spanish. He served as a translator at over a dozen treaty negotiations and won the respect of all the tribes. The Indians rewarded Le Claire by gifting him two tracts of land where the city of Moline now sits and two more on the present sites of Le Claire and Davenport. After the Black Hawk War, he turned his talents to town building. When he died in 1861, Antoine Le Claire was thought to be the richest man in Iowa. Thomas Forsyth began trading with the Indians in the late 1790s. He served as the Indian agent at Peoria during the War of 1812. He became the Indian agent at Fort Armstrong in 1817. From his first days on the island, Forsyth tried to convince the Indians to relocate west of the Mississippi. Most of the time, it was like talking to a wall. Eventually, Keokuk and Wapello moved their people across the river - only Black Hawk refused. John Buford grew up in Rock Island in the 1830s and 1840s. His father was a state senator. Two of his brothers served as mayors of Rock Island. His half-brother, Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, rose to major general during the civil war. John Buford graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1848. He served at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, then in Texas, New Mexico, and Utah. He is credited with picking the site for the battle of Gettysburg, then delaying the rebel troops for two hours, giving Generals Meade and Reynolds time to move their troops up. Reverend Ned Lee started the People’s Union Mission in Davenport’s Bucktown District in 1895. Rather than give people advice, Lee gave them what they needed, whether it was clothing, food, or just a good time at one of his outings. He started out speaking at local churches. Sunday after Sunday, Lee talked about his mission work and what could be done. After that, he took his message to local businessmen. The funny thing was the churches embraced his mission work, but the saloon owners gave him the money to fund his mission. Over time, the People’s Union Mission morphed into the Davenport Friendly Society or the Friendly House. Alice French was a Davenport novelist who wrote under the pen name Octave Thanet. She helped start the “local color” or realism movement in the late 1800s. She was one of the highest-paid authors in the country, but as time went on and writing styles changed, Alice refused to change. Today, she is best known as that lesbian writer from the turn of the century. There’s more, but you get the idea. These are just a few of the Quad City people who made the area what it is today.
Historic Rock Island County
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
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The Trader At Rock Island
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Author : Regena Trant Schantz
language : en
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
Release Date : 2020-05-05
The Trader At Rock Island written by Regena Trant Schantz and has been published by Bublish, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with History categories.
Throughout the Upper Mississippi Valley, George Davenport's name was widely known as a trader with the Sauk and Mesquakie, the U.S. Army, and settlers who were attracted to the untapped waterpower surrounding Davenport's home on Rock Island. The Trader at Rock Island tells the story of George Davenport and his entry into the Indian trade and his eventual transition into services and businesses marketed toward the new settlers. After the Black Hawk War, Davenport promoted land development as the frontier turned from Indian land to commercial centers of industry. By the time of Davenport's murder in 1845, the cities now known today as the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois were in their infancy.
Past And Present Of Rock Island County Ill
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 1877
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A Mighty Fine Road
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Author : H. Roger Grant
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-06
A Mighty Fine Road written by H. Roger Grant and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with Transportation categories.
“Grant has once again hit a home run . . . a detailed but readable history of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, a major Midwestern railroad.” —Carlos A. Schwantes, St. Louis Mercantile Library Professor Emeritus The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad’s history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive expansion and a subsequent change in management, the company struggled and eventually declared bankruptcy in 1915. What followed was a cycle of resurrections and bankruptcies; a grueling, ten-year, ultimately unsuccessful battle to merge with the Union Pacific; and the Rock Island’s final liquidation in 1981. But today, long after its glory days and eventual demise, the “Mighty Fine Road” has left behind a living legacy of major and feeder lines throughout the country. In his latest work, railroad historian H. Roger Grant offers an accessible, gorgeously illustrated, and comprehensive history of this iconic American railroad. “This handsome, well-illustrated book merits the attention of any reader interested in the history of Iowa. And just as important, the book reminds us of the importance of railroads to the history and vitality of American society. All aboard!” —Iowa City Press-Citizen “A Mighty Fine Road lays out the amazing, yet heartbreaking history of the railroad I loved. The historical opportunities and disappointments of the Rock Island is clearly explained in Grant’s book, with visionaries keeping the dream moving forward, yet damaged and constrained by greed and lack of vision with the next management regime.” —Dan Sabin, President, Iowa Northern Railway Company
History Of Davenport And Scott County Iowa Illustrated
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Author : Harry E. Downer
language : en
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
Release Date : 1910-01-01
History Of Davenport And Scott County Iowa Illustrated written by Harry E. Downer and has been published by Dalcassian Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910-01-01 with categories.
The Biographical Record Of Rock Island County Illinois
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Author : Brookhaven Press
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
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The Biographical Record Of Rock Island County Illinois
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
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Bears Vs Cardinals
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Author : Joe Ziemba
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-08-31
Bears Vs Cardinals written by Joe Ziemba and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-31 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In their early years, the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Cardinals-- the two oldest teams in the National Football League --travelled the country with only rare mention in the newspapers. Both teams later saw their official records destroyed by fire. Most of what is now known about those initial seasons is based on often inaccurate statements made many years later. Reconstructing their missing history, this book draws on newly available resources to document the battles and brawls on and off the field, the cunning backroom deals, the financial woes and the 40-year rivalry that endured while both teams were in Chicago. Figures like Al Capone, Red Grange, Jim Thorpe and Bronko Nagurski make appearances in the lore of two old adversaries whose uneasy alliance helped ensure the survival of the fledgling NFL.