As local legend goes, the bridge served as an escape route for Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger. The notorious outlaw crossed it in a stolen car while high-tailing to Chicago after a shootout ...

The Committee appointed by the New-York stockholders of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, returned from Davenport to-night. Mr. TRACY withdrew, and all the matters have been amicably adjusted.

Nora Junction was the crossing of the Milwaukee and Rock Island railroad lines and was located just a short distance west of ...

The developers behind Kansas City's Rock Island Bridge announced this week the addition of a restaurant called "River House." ...

At 130 years old, one Dakota County bridge has been traversed by horse-drawn carriages, a notorious bank robber and firefighters in the nick of time. But its story isn’t finished yet. The Rock ...

The city is planning a 350-foot bridge spanning the same gap as the trestle that burned. The $2.2 million project would connect the Rock Island Trail with the Jamaica North Trail.

New Cassel was founded by former enslaved people freed by a group of Quakers in the mid-1700s, thus becoming one of the ...

In the fall of 1852, the Rock Island Line hired Farnam to build the railroad. On Feb. 22, 1854, the completion of the railroad to Rock Island was celebrated with a gala dinner in Rock Island.

1854: The Rock Island Railroad connected Chicago to Lockport and the Mississippi River. Admission to see "new and sensational" auto-polo matches at Comiskey Park on June 7-8, 1913, ranged from 25 ...

But there's also Tyler, the Creator, Gary Clark Jr., Keyshia Cole, and more. Plus, a troika of outdoor shows in King of ...

Today, Lowell National Historical Park includes several restored buildings and a variety of exhibits, in addition to canal ...