Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-19
HISTORIC PLACES
HAvEBEEN NOTED
Markers Are Stationed Throughout
Tri-Cities Giving Important In
formation TO Visitors.
GUIDES WILL ALSO BE USED
When Trip is Made 10 Halowed
Ground Tomorrow. Pioneer Day,
Data VIII BE Given.

Historic spots in and around the tri-
cities were marked Saturday, in order
that visitors during the Fort Arm
strong entennial celebration may con-
veniently be made acquainted with
the places that are Of special inter-
est. In Rock Island the large white
columns which are usually used by
the G. A r. in decorating the soldiers
monument on the court house campus
have been secured for the purpose,
and on them will be placed placards
on which is important data. Tomor-
row. which is pioneer day, when the
trip through the tri-cities is made, a
guide will be stationed at each loCa-
ton to give more detailed information
about the history connected with it.
Members of the united Sunday schools
fife and drum corps Will be used for
this purpose.
Historic Spots on Illinois Side.
Historic spots marked on the Illinois
side by the Rock Island County His
torical society follow:
Site of first power dam in Missis-
sippi river. Guard house OF Fifteenth
street bridge, Moline
Cabin site Of Joel Wells, ST.. the first
settler where Moline is now located
At First avenue and Twenty-frst
street, Moline.
Site Of Moline's first mills and
foundry and John Deere's first plow
shop. Just west of Fifteenth street
bridge, along the river bank, Moline.
Site of home of -- Stephens and
his 20 negro slaves; the only slaves
held in Rock Island county, At Walk
er Station. Moline.
Monument on Campbell's island
concentrating the battle there il
July, 1914.
Location of the house of John Bar
rell, built by Russell Farnham anC
Colonel George Davenport IN 1926
the first house on the Illinois, the frs
station, the first hotel, the first post
Office, the first court room. the frs
place of election, the first meeting
:. place of the county board. the center
of Farnhamsburg. the first village OF
the Illinois side of the river Abou
300 feet north Of intersection of Fifth
Island.
Rock Island house. Property useC
continuously as a hotel site since tn
early days of Stephenson. Corner o
Second avenue and West Seventeenth
street, Rock Island.
Old Jail property and sheriff's resi-
dence, where the "Banditti of the Prai
RE who murdered Colonel Daven
port, were confined. On Fifteenth
street. just back of the Modern Wood
men Of America building. Rock Island
Amos F. Cutter barn, $50 feet iron
the site of the gallOws where the muir
derers of Colonel Davenport wer
hanged and into which was built tn,
lumber Of which the gallows was built
On Thirteenth street between ThirC
and Fourth avenues, Rock Island
Sac corn fields, showing "squaV
hills" undisturbed since the Indians
last cultivation in 1892. Now GOV
cred with forest trees. Go east from
marker on Twelfth street. south o
Chippiannock cemetery. Rock Island
Remains of mound on which stool
the Sac council lodge Treaty OF 1850
was reported here; KeOkuk was elect
ed war-chief here in 1872: Lieutenan
Zebulon Pike brought here the frs
United States flag to be raised on thu
main land OF the upper Mississippi
river. This was the official headquar
tiers of the Sac village which wa!
burned by Colonel John M0ntgOmer,
in 1850, a part of the Revoutionar,
war, and which was again destroyed
by fire by Illinois militia under Brig
adler General Duncan in the 1881 cam
paign of the Black Hawk war: 10t
yards west OF the bridge over Roci
river at the Davis power plant.
Ruins OF the Sears mill From thi!
spot General f. P. Gaines shelleC
EandrUfs island in 1881 from tht
deck of the steamboat Enterprise,
10 drive out Black Hawk and his hos
tile Indians. Al the bridge over Rocl
river at the Davis power plant
Vandruffs island General JOSEPH
Duncan and 900 mounted Illinois
militia, accompanied by Governor Jahr
Reynolds and staff, swept the islanC
in 1881 in search of hostile Indians
On the site of the cabin Of Joshua
Fandruff part Of the cellar war stills
remains. II was here that Blacl
Hawk, indignant over the sale to hi.
Indians Of fire water" visited Mr.
Nandruff and destroyed his supply o
whisky Just east of main road across
island
Grave OF Black Hawks two children
and site Of the cabin where he TASTED
and mourned their death for two
years. At the extreme west end anC
highest point of Watch Tower bluff
From the same point may be seen tht
site Of Rock Island City" d purely
western boom town of the early
days, 1886
Black Hawk Watch Tower. From
TINS point we see the site Of the first
water power Of this vicinity Van.
drun 81, and the site of the first per
mahent water power dam across the
south channel of Rock river: the re-
mains of the state caDaI nj Ic1- IL