Rock Island, IL

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Record Data

Place Unit Type

City or Town

Containing Unit

Rock Island County, IL

Events

Date		Type
04/21/1856	First railroad bridge across the Mississippi River completed	Business/Industry

People

Burial Place of

Buford, Napoleon Bonaparte

Documents

Date	Title
12/27/1856	Louisville (KY) Journal, "The Case of Dred Scott," December 27, 1856
08/23/1858	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Great Debate Between Lincoln and Douglas At Ottawa," August 23, 1858
04/13/1859	Thomas J. Pickett to Abraham Lincoln, April 13, 1859
04/16/1859	Abraham Lincoln to Thomas J. Pickett, April 16, 1859
05/24/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Going – Going – Gone!,” May 24, 1860

Images

Rock Island City, Illinois, 1861, artist's impression

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