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ROCK See also:
ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')
ISLAND , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Rock Island county, See also:

ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., in the N.W. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, on the E. See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi See also:

RIVER

river, adjoining See also:

MOLINE

Moline, and opposite See also:

Davenport, See also:

IOWA

Iowa (with which it is connected by two See also:

bridges), about 3 M. above the mouth of the Rock river, and at the See also:

FOOT

foot of Rock Island rapids, which extend for nearly 16 m. Pop. (1890) 13,634; (1900) 19,493, of whom 4412 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910) 24,335. It is served by the See also:

Chicago, See also:

BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

Quincy, the Chicago, See also:

MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St See also:

Paul, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and the Davenport, Rock Island & See also:

North-Western See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Near the city, at the mouth of Rock river, the " Hennepin " (or Illinois & Mississippi) See also:

canal joins the Mississippi river. The city occupies a See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain lying between the river and a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of bluffs. The island of Rock Island, a See also:

ridge of See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone rock about 3 M. See also:

long and 1 m. wide, is connected with the mainland by bridges to Rock Island and Moline; on it there are a Federal See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal, the most important in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country for the manufacture of small-arms, See also:

GUN

gun carriages and See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery equipment, a Federal armoury and a See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery; the island is connected with the Illinois See also:

SHORE

shore at Moline by a See also:

DAM

dam, whence See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

WATER

water-See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is derived. In the city are: a public library (1872), the Augustana See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College and Theological See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary (controlled by the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana See also:

Synod of North See also:

AMERICA

America; co-educational), which was founded as Augustana Seminary in Chicago in 186o chiefly for the See also:

EDUCATION

education of See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish Lutheran clergymen, was removed to See also:

PAXTON, SIR JOSEPH (1801-1865)

Paxton, Illinois, in 1863 and to Rock Island in 1875, and received its See also:

PRESENT

present name in 1869; and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal offices of the See also:

MODERN

Modern Woodmen of the See also:

WORLD

World, a fraternal society, founded in 1884 and having 219,729 members in 1909. The city has a large See also:

trade by water and See also:

RAIL

rail; commercially it forms a unit with Davenport and Moline. Among the city's manufactures are See also:

LUMBER

lumber, agricultural implements,See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

glass, stoves, carriages, See also:

SOAP

soap, &c. In 1905 the value of the factory product was $5,332,967. Some See also:

COAL

coal is See also:

MINED

mined in the county.

On the north bank of the Rock river, 3 M. from its mouth, there was a large summer See also:

VILLAGE

village (sometimes called Saukenuk) of the Sauk See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, built about 1730 and destroyed in 1831; and near the mouth of the Rock river is a See also:

BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff called " See also:

Black See also:

HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. Lat. accipiter, from capere)

Hawk's See also:

WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch-See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower." A See also:

settlement on the island was made in 1816, when the fort was built; the first settlement on the mainland was made in 1826. In 1841 the See also:

TOWN

town of Rock Island was formed by the consolidation of two small settlements named See also:

Stephenson and Farnhamsburg and was incorporated; it received a city See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1849. Upon the See also:

west end of the island the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

government in 1816 built Fort See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

Arm-strong, where on the 21st of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1832, at the See also:

close of the Black Hawk See also:

War, a treaty of See also:

peace was signed by See also:

General See also:

WINFIELD

Winfield See also:

Scott and See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

John See also:

Reynolds of Illinois and by the chiefs of the Sauk and Foxes, and where, six days before, General Scott and Governor Reynolds had made a treaty with the Winnebagoes. The fort was abandoned in 1836 and was burned in 1855; a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument now marks its site. The Rock Island armoury and arsenal, under an See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of 1862, were built in 1863, when a number of captured Confederate soldiers were confined on the island.

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