|
Passages: A Collection of Personal Histories of Chippiannock Cemetery
by Terri, A Wiebenga
See all pages
with references to "Rock Island".
Excerpt - on Page 3: "
... and moved to Rock Island when he was a child with his parents John (1814-1884) and Johanna (1819-1895), four sisters, ... "
Key Phrases:
Rock Island, Mississippi River, World War, Civil War, Augustana College, Mary Jane, Black Hawk, John Deere, United States, Fort Armstrong, New York, quarter boat
(see more)
|
|
Railroad Bankruptcies and Mergers from Chicago West: 1975-2001, Volume 7: Financial Analysis and Regulatory Critique (Research in Transportation Economics)
by Michael Conant
See all pages
with references to "Rock Island".
Excerpt - on Page 5: "
... last 27 miles were over the main line from Chicago to Council Bluffs and in Class 5. Similarly, the 545-mile Rock Island line from Topeka, Kansas to Tucumcari, ... "
|
|
Swedes in Moline, Illinois 1847-2002
by Lilly Setterdahl
See all pages
with references to "Rock Island".
Excerpt - on Page 13: "
... until 1900. Civil War and hard times Moline was settled largely by New Englanders and Europeans, who were abolitionists, while Rock Island was settled mostly by well-to-do pro-slavery Southerners. During the Civil War, almost every family in Moline had a soldier ... "
Key Phrases:
Rock Island, East Moline, John Deere, Augustana College, New York, United States, Riverside Cemetery, New Windsor, Ellis Island, Moline Furniture Works, South Dakota, Salem Lutheran Church
(see more)
|
|
Life and Death in Civil War Prisons: The Parallel Torments of Corporal John Wesly Minnich, C.S.A. and Sergeant Warren Lee Goss, U.S.A.
by J Michael Martinez
See all pages
with references to "Rock Island".
Excerpt - on Page 18: "
... Few Americans had heard of Rock Island early in 1864, but the site would enter the public consciousness before war's end. In the sixteen months fol18 ... "
Key Phrases:
Rock Island, Civil War, Florence Stockade, Warren Lee Goss, Belle Isle, South Carolina, exchange cartel, providence spring, rebel prisons, island arsenal, prison interior, rebel authorities
(see more)
|
|
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||