Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rock Island County, Illinois
Rock Island is the county seat for Rock Island County
Adjacent to Rock Island County, Illinois
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On Island Avenue at State Street, on the right when traveling south on Island Avenue.
[East face] In memory of ten U.S. regulars, four Illinois rangers, one woman and one child killed July 19, 1814 in a battle between U.S. soldiers under Lieut. John Campbell and Sac and Fox Indians under their war chief Black Hawk.
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On Island Avenue south of State Street, on the right.
This Peace Garden interprets the history of the Native American tribes, the Sauk and Mesquakie, who resided in this area from 1750 to 1831. The Mesquakie, called “Renards” (the Fox) by the French, and the Sauk were separate tribes with close . . . — — Map (db m230233) HM
On Hurd Road, 0.2 miles east of Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1832 when Black Hawk and his Sauk and Fox followers returned to Illinois, 1500 mounted volunteers advanced along the banks of the Rock River to capture them. 505 men under Colonel Zachary Taylor followed in supply boats and late at night on May . . . — — Map (db m78266) HM
On 10th Avenue West at 1st Street (U.S. 67), on the right when traveling west on 10th Avenue West.
On May 8, 1832, while encamped approximately one mile west of this point, Abraham Lincoln was mustered into the military service of the United States. Captain Lincoln's company was mustered into state service at Beardstown April 28, the day before . . . — — Map (db m32972) HM
Near 46th Avenue (Illinois Route 3) 0.2 miles east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Black Hawk, famous Sauk warrior, was born in 1767 at the Sauk town of Saukenuk on the Rock River, located about one mile west of this spot. Black Hawk was not a chief. He was a warrior and leader of a political faction within the Sauk nation. Black . . . — — Map (db m202051) HM
Near 12th Street at 29th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Chippiannock Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1994 for significance in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Art. Designed by noted Landscape Engineer Almerin Hotchkiss in 1855, Chippiannock Cemetery is . . . — — Map (db m202054) HM
Near 46th Avenue (Illinois Route 3) 0.3 miles east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
[Left] The Figure Eight Roller Coaster was built in 1905. It was the first roller coaster west of Chicago and the only one with four loops. Cars were pulled up the track to a dizzying height of sixty feet and then raced another 1,000 feet . . . — — Map (db m201811) HM
Near Rodman Avenue, 0.1 miles Government Bridge, on the right when traveling east.
Fort Armstrong was built in 1816-1817. Its riverside was protected by limestone bluffs and its other sides were formed in part by the rear walls of barracks and storehouses. Blockhouses, like the replica, stood at three corners. The pyramid of . . . — — Map (db m33225) HM
Near Fort Armstrong Road at Rodman Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Upon this site on the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one-thousand nine-hundred and sixty-six, members of the Rock Island Arsenal, tenant agencies and members of the surrounding communities did commemorate the one-hundred fiftieth . . . — — Map (db m230209) HM
Near 46th Avenue (Illinois Route 3) 0.2 miles east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Sauk Indian village on the Rock River marks the site of the westernmost conflict of the Revolutionary War. In the summer of 1780, an American force under John Montgomery, with French and Spanish allies, destroyed the village of Saukenuk. Colonel . . . — — Map (db m202047) HM
On 23rd Street at 9th Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 23rd Street.
[First plaque]
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Second plaque]
The Wagner Mansion
1904
Local . . . — — Map (db m202085) HM
Near 46th Avenue (Illinois Route 3) 0.3 miles east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
The present Lodge is the fifth structure to stand on this location. Pictured below are the four buildings that preceded it.
Black Hawk Pavilion, 1882-1891
In 1882 the Black Hawk Pavilion was built on the crest of the bluff on this spot . . . — — Map (db m201837) HM
Near 46th Avenue (Illinois Route 3) 0.3 miles east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
A true friend of the American cause during the Revolutionary War. His village occupied these and adjacent grounds and withstood a British war party on its way to attack General George Rogers Clark in 1779.
This also commemorates the burning of . . . — — Map (db m201880) HM
One of the successful projects at Rock Island Arsenal's Research and Development Division in 1961 and 1962 was the design and development of the XM37 cradle and recoil mechanism and the XM31 carriage for the XM102 howitzer. — — Map (db m93133) WM
This is the experimental model of the M65 atomic cannon. Adapted in 1956 the cannon could fire both nuclear and conventional shells over a range of 18 miles. — — Map (db m93137) WM
On Fort Armstrong Road south of Rodman Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
These boulders were removed from the Fort Armstrong Cemetery when the railroad embankment was made across the island to The Government Bridge of 1872. The Fort Armstrong Cemetery was located about seven hundred feet southeast of this site. . . . — — Map (db m229597) HM
On Fort Armstrong Road south of Rodman Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
John Gale
Surgeon United States Army, born in New Hampshire, 1790. Died at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois, July 27, 1830.
Richard M. Coleman
Assistant Surgeon United States Army born in Kentucky, died at Fort Armstrong, Rock . . . — — Map (db m229235) HM
On 2nd Street, 0.1 miles south of 1st Avenue (Illinois Route 84).
Hero Street, U.S.A. received its name in 1968 to honor the fifty-seven servicemen from thirty-three families on this block-and-a-half who served in defense of America between 1941 and 1968. Six men died in World War II and two in the Korean . . . — — Map (db m33236) HM
