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FALL FOLIAGE BUS TRIP

Quad City Botanical Center 2525 4th Ave, Rock Island

Join us - the Quad City Botanical Center and the Rock Island Parks & Recreation Department heads north for a Fall Foliage Tour! Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin is the oldest community on the Upper Mississippi River. Its rich heritage and...

THE WAY WE WERE: ROCK ISLAND PHOTOS FROM THE 1890S

Rock Island Public Library 401 19th St, Rock Island

From 1888 until 1903 a Rock Island photographer named Oscar Hakelier worked from his studio in downtown Rock Island. He called it the "Vienna Photographic Studio," and it was located at 1722 Second Avenue. As he worked he took many...