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Rock Island
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Author : BJ Elsner
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 1999
Rock Island written by BJ Elsner and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Rock Island, Illinois, named All American City by Life magazine in 1955, is a mighty river town that prides itself on its leadership and sense of community. In every house on every street, there is a story to be told of how the residents came to be a part of this unique city. A few Rock Islanders can trace their roots back to the first white settlements of Farnhamsburg and Stephenson; fewer still go even further back than that, to the villages of Wappello and Keokuk and the Sauk warrior, Black Hawk. In Rock Island: All American City, the authors invite us to join them on a visual tour that explores the areaA[a¬a[s earliest neighborhoods, from Spencer Square to Broadway, Greenbush, and Old Chicago, from Longview and Highland Park to Keystone and Douglas Park. Discover how the Mississippi and Rock Rivers helped to shape the lives of area residents and how they have shaped its course; meet some of Rock IslandA[a¬a[s first families, including the Weyerhaeusers and Denkmanns, who arrived in Rock Island with little more than a dream and left their legacy in the areaA[a¬a[s landscape, architecture, and culture. Also learn the stories of the A[a¬Aregular folksA[a¬A and unsung heroes who contributed in their own special ways to the cityA[a¬a[s rich history.
Rock Island An All American City
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Author : David R. Collins
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 1999-06
Rock Island An All American City written by David R. Collins and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06 with History categories.
Rock Island, Illinois, named All American City by Life magazine in 1955, is a mighty river town that prides itself on its leadership and sense of community. In every house on every street, there is a story to be told of how the residents came to be a part of this unique city. A few Rock Islanders can trace their roots back to the first white settlements of Farnhamsburg and Stephenson; fewer still go even further back than that, to the villages of Wappello and Keokuk and the Sauk warrior, Black Hawk. In Rock Island: All American City, the authors invite us to join them on a visual tour that explores the area's earliest neighborhoods, from Spencer Square to Broadway, Greenbush, and Old Chicago, from Longview and Highland Park to Keystone and Douglas Park. Discover how the Mississippi and Rock Rivers helped to shape the lives of area residents and how they have shaped its course; meet some of Rock Island's first families, including the Weyerhaeusers and Denkmanns, who arrived in Rock Island with little more than a dream and left their legacy in the area's landscape, architecture, and culture. Also learn the stories of the "regular folks" and unsung heroes who contributed in their own special ways to the city's rich history.
Rock Island
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Author : Steve Urie
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-02-09
Rock Island written by Steve Urie and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-09 with categories.
Many U.S. cities claim to be the most all-American city, but indisputably Rock Island is the nation's most all-American town. From its rough and tumble beginnings during the first half of the 19th century when it was the jumping off point into unexplored Indian territory until vigilante businessmen cleaned out the cabal of gangsters and crooked cops that ran the Town during the Roaring Twenties, Rock Island was a rowdy, fun-loving river town that boasted a number of historical firsts: the site of the westernmost battle during the Revolutionary War; the home of the Indians who made the last stand to retain historical lands east of the Mississippi; the first railroad bridge to span the mighty river; the site of the "Andersonville of the North" during the Civil War; America's 19th century timber capital and crossroads of the nation; the site of the first NFL game; the home to Prohibition's most ruthless gangsters west of Chicago; and the home to what evangelist Billy Sunday described as "some of the finest people in the country - and one or two of the meanest." When Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet left St. Ignace in the summer of 1673 and canoed across Lake Michigan, and down the Wisconsin River in search of a water route to the China Sea, they were the first white men to see the stunning Upper Mississippi River Valley. After floating 150 miles down the "Father of Waters," the explorers passed through a treacherous 14-mile chain of rapids lined with villages of peaceful Indians. They didn't find a passage to the sea or the rumored gold mines that the natives were said to possess, but their glowing descriptions of lush forests teeming with wild game opened the western frontier to a rugged group of men who traded tools and whiskey to the Indians for valuable animal furs. It would be 130 years after Marquette and Jolliet's exploration until President Thomas Jefferson sent Lt. Zebulon Pike up the Mississippi from Fort St. Louis to locate a strategic site to build a fort that plans were made for a permanent settlement north of the Missouri River. Lt. Pike selected a 3-mile-long island near the foot of the 14-mile rapids where Indians built villages on a peninsula at the confluence of the Rock River and the Mississippi. The U.S. Army named the island "Rock Island." Thus began the most dynamic 200 years of history of any U.S. town.
Rock Island Second Edition
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Author : Steve Urie
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-11-09
Rock Island Second Edition written by Steve Urie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-09 with categories.
There are many U.S. cities that can lay claim to being the most all-American city, but indisputably Rock Island is the nation's most all-American town. From its rough and tumble beginnings during the first half of the 19th century when it was the jumping off point into unexplored Indian territory until vigilante businessmen cleaned out the cabal of gangsters and crooked cops that ran the Town during the Roaring Twenties, Rock Island was a rowdy, fun-loving river town that boasted a number historical firsts: the site of the westernmost battle during the Revolutionary War; the home of the Indians who fought the last battles east of the Mississippi; the first railroad bridge to span the mighty river; the site of the "Andersonville of the North" during the Civil War; America's 19th century timber capital and crossroads of the nation; the site of the first NFL game; the home to Prohibition's most ruthless gangsters west of Chicago; and the home to what evangelist Billy Sunday described as "some of the finest people in the country - and one or two of the meanest."When Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet left St. Ignace in the summer of 1673 and canoed across Lake Michigan, and down the Wisconsin River in search of a water route to the China Sea, they were the first white men to see the stunning Upper Mississippi River Valley. After floating 150 miles down the "Father of Waters," the explorers passed through a treacherous 14-mile chain of rapids lined with villages of peaceful Indians. They didn't find a passage to the sea or the rumored gold mines that the natives were said to possess, but their glowing descriptions of lush forests teeming with wild game opened the western frontier to a rugged group of men who traded tools and whiskey to the Indians for valuable animal furs.It would be 130 years after Marquette and Jolliet's exploration until President Thomas Jefferson sent Lt. Zebulon Pike up the Mississippi from Fort St. Louis to locate a strategic site to build a fort that plans were made for a permanent settlement north of the Missouri River. Lt. Pike selected a 3-mile-long island near the foot of the 14-mile rapids where Indians built their largest villages on a peninsula created by a large river that flowed into the Mississippi. The U.S. Army named the island "Rock Island." Thus began the most dynamic 150 years of history of any U.S. town.Rock Island: The Town is the colorful history from the beginning of the 17th century to the mid-20th century of the development and evolution of America's most representative town.
Bettendorf
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Bettendorf written by and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
By any standard, Bettendorf, Iowa, is a fairly young city, having awakened from its sleepy rural beginnings in the nineteenth century to become an industrial center in the first half of the twentieth century and, now, on the precipice of a new millennium, it is a city becoming what is yet unrealized, but not unimagined. With more than two hundred historic photographs, this volume offers up chapters of American history in its stories from the heartland: a packet of seeds that started an agricultural dynasty; a slave who took a stand for freedom and changed the course of the nation; two brothers, one with a mind full of innovative ideas and the other with a knack for business; a community that would not lay down and die in the depths of the Great Depression; and a new generation of civic leaders who took a second look at the great river that had long flowed quietly by and found a renewed strength in the promise of its constancy. By any standard, Bettendorf, Iowa, is a fairly young city, having awakened from its sleepy rural beginnings in the nineteenth century to become an industrial center in the first half of the twentieth century and, now, on the precipice of a new millennium, it is a city becoming what is yet unrealized, but not unimagined. With more than two hundred historic photographs, this volume offers up chapters of American history in its stories from the heartland: a packet of seeds that started an agricultural dynasty; a slave who took a stand for freedom and changed the course of the nation; two brothers, one with a mind full of innovative ideas and the other with a knack for business; a community that would not lay down and die in the depths of the Great Depression; and a new generation of civic leaders who took a second look at the great river that had long flowed quietly by and found a renewed strength in the promise of its constancy.
Congressional Record
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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Law categories.
Hearings
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Author : United States. Congress Senate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
Hearings written by United States. Congress Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with categories.
Area Redevelopment March 6 8 11 13 14 April 9 10 12 15 May 8 14 15 1957 928 P
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
language : en
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Release Date : 1957
Area Redevelopment March 6 8 11 13 14 April 9 10 12 15 May 8 14 15 1957 928 P written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Community development categories.
Considers legislation on Federal aid to underdeveloped rural areas and industrial areas with substantial and persistent unemployment.
Area Redevelopment
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
language : en
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Release Date : 1957
Area Redevelopment written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Economic assistance, Domestic categories.
Congressional Record Index
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language : en
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Release Date : 1962
Congressional Record Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Law categories.
Includes history of bills and resolutions.