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Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Historical Markers

Markers related to the railroad simply known as the "Rock Island Lines" which crisscrossed the Great Plains until its liquidation in 1980.
 
By Mark Hilton, July 1, 2026
The Great Rock Island Route Marker
1 ► Colorado, El Paso County, Colorado Springs — The Great Rock Island Route — Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad — Roswell, Colorado 1888-1980 —
2 ► Colorado, Lincoln County, Arriba — 245 — Arriba Country — Colorado —
3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Conrad & Matilda Kich House — built 1878 —
4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Blue Island — Fiedler-Mohr Motors — Built 1923 —
5 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Beverly — Walden Station — 1890 — Chicago Landmark —
6 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, River North — Ransom R. Cable House — Cobb and Frost, architects; 1886 — Chicago Landmark —
7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Tinley Park — Brueggemann House — 17247 67th Avenue — Built 1913 —
8 ► Illinois, Cook County, Tinley Park — Fulton Home — 16800 Oak Park Avenue —
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9 ► Illinois, Cook County, Tinley Park — The Carl Vogt Building — 6811 Hickory Street — National Register of Historic Places: 1988 —
10 ► Illinois, Cook County, Tinley Park — Vogt Visual Arts Center — 17420 67th Court — Built 1882 —
11 ► Illinois, McHenry County, Union — Chicago's Passenger Stations —
12 ► Illinois, Will County, Joliet — Nelson D. Elwood — Rock Island Lines — 1852-1952 —
13 ► Iowa, Adair County, Adair — First Train Robbery in the West — Jesse James Robberies —
14 ► Iowa, Cass County, Atlantic — Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot — Iowa Historic Site —
15 ► Iowa, Cerro Gordo County, Mason City — Railroad Development in Mason City — Steam Era, 1869 - 1955 —
16 ► Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Council Bluffs — Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot — Built 1899 —
17 ► Iowa, Wapello County, Eldon — Charles M. Martin — Rock Island Lines — 1855 • 1922 —
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18 ► Minnesota, Pipestone County, Pipestone — Rock Island Depot — Pipestone Historic Site —
19 ► Missouri, Clinton County, Cameron — Cameron Railroads —
20 ► Missouri, Clinton County, Cameron — John T. Walker — Rock Island Lines — 1852 • 1922 —
21 ► Missouri, DeKalb County, Maysville — DeKalb County —
22 ► Missouri, St. Louis County, Ballwin — #3 "Aerotrain" — Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific — 1955 —
23 ► South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls, Downtown — Rock Island Railroad Bridge —
 
 
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Nov. 12, 2026