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The Rock Island Argus Archive

  • Rock Island, Illinois
  • 18552017

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Located on the Mississippi River, Rock Island, Illinois, is one of the Quad Cities, along with Moline, East Moline, and the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf and is the seat of Rock Island County (Yes, there are five cities included within the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area). Rock Island gets its name from the largest island in the Mississippi River, which was formerly called Rock Island and is now called Arsenal Island.

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  • 694,628
  • Rock Island, Illinois
  • 18552017

Source Information

The Rock Island Argus, 1855–2017 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: December 15, 2022

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Obituary for Charles Howard Byers

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Marriage of Hofstetter / Ford

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Rock Island argus April 1946

Rock Island argus April 1946

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Archive Info

  • 694,628
  • Rock Island, Illinois
  • 18552017

Source Information

The Rock Island Argus, 1855–2017 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: December 15, 2022