Legendary Locals of Moline by David T. Coopman

By David T. Coopman

David Benton Sears might be thought of the daddy of Moline, Illinois. It used to be upon his land that Moline used to be platted in 1843. It used to be as a result of his brush dam at the Mississippi River among the Moline shore and Rock Island�known this present day as Arsenal Island�that major started to enhance. Grain and lumber turbines have been the 1st, yet farm enforce and similar factories quickly chanced on prominence after John Deere moved his plow-making company the following in 1848. it'll no longer be lengthy sooner than immigrants, really the Swedish, Belgian, and German, have been interested in Moline for the roles and possibilities and additional to the turning out to be and filthy rich inhabitants. mythical Locals of Moline tells the recognized and not-so-well-known tales of a number of the early and the more-recent people who have contributed to the cloth of the group, either in the neighborhood and nationally. old and present images illustrate those that affected company and undefined, tradition, academia, public carrier, agencies and philanthropies, and activities and entertainment.

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