Also interred here is lumber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser. Colonel Davenport and his family are buried here their graves are marked by a simple obelisk near the top of the hill. The markers are a testament to the incredible carving skills of stone masons: a cloth draped delicately on a marker, a perfectly chiseled anvil, a chalice support by tree limbs. Most of the older sections will be on your left as you enter the cemetery and then to the right and up the hill. You are welcome to stop at the office and pick up a map but wandering aimlessly can be very rewarding. When it comes to the architecture devoted to memorializing the dead, few places have impressed me more than Chippiannock Cemetery (12th St. Black Hawk Prairie is west of the lodge, a small area set aside to replicate the type of tallgrass prairie that once dominated the landscape here. A wide range of wildflowers add a dramatic touch to the landscape between mid-April and mid-May. It is located inside the impressive lodge built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and features dioramas displaying Sauk and Meskwaki life in the 18th century and a a dugout canoe. Visit the Hauberg Indian Museum (309.788.9536) for the history part. 309.788.0177) is part preservation and part park. The city’s reputation was so foul that when future-President Woodrow Wilson visited the region in April 1912, he moved the location of his speech from raucous Rock Island to mild-mannered Moline.īlack Hawk State Historic Site (1510 46th Ave. In the early twentieth century, Rock Island was more or less ruled by a mobster named John Looney, who cultivated a culture of fear and corruption that dominated the city. The growth of the railroad business in Rock Island was helped by the construction of a railroad bridge in 1856. By the 1870s, Rock Island was the center of three major railroads that connected the city to markets from New York to San Francisco, while the Mississippi River ensured access to markets from Minneapolis to New Orleans. Charles Buford founded the Buford Plow Company in the mid-1800s, kicking off farm implement manufacturing in the region, arguably the most important industry in the Quad Cities. The first railroad reached town in 1854, just as steamboat traffic peaked at 175 landings every month. In 1841, the name was changed to Rock Island, and the new town expanded by annexing territory that included the neighboring town of Farnhamsburg.įollowing consolidation in 1841, Rock Island grew into a transportation and manufacturing center. In 1831, the Illinois legislature created Rock Island County two years later, Farnhamsburg won a contentious battle for the Rock Island County seat. In 1835, the county picked an undeveloped 62-acre site as the new county seat and called the city Stephenson.
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