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CHICAGO, Ill., June 3. -- The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rock Island Railroad Company will be held in this city to-morrow. R. R. Cable, Chairman of the Board of Directors ...

The locomotive will start rolling on the Rock Island Line later this month before moving to other of the rail agency's lines.

Getting people to town began in 1854 when the first railroad arrived, and in 1856, the first bridge was built across the ...

Downtown Davenport Partnership, Rock Island Downtown Alliance and Downtown Bettendorf Organization announce that Deck the ...

One of the distinguishing features of the Quad City area, Rock Island in particular, is its railroad history. Clarence Wilson's 1929 folk song "Rock Island Line," recorded by the iconic musician ...

When Dad was born, the family home was down by the river. In the spring of 1928 a torrential rain caused the river to flood. Dad’s oldest brother, Clyde, carried Dad on his shoulders through waist ...

"We have a line today, and we have had lines all throughout the early voting period. Last weekend, we had people who waited ...