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A series of award-winning stories about our region's traditions, institutions, and people, past and present. Rock Island Lines is written and read by Roald Tweet, Professor Emeritus of English at Augustana College, and sponsored by Quad City Bank and Trust.

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    The Special Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 3:00


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    Don Wooten

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2023 3:12


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    Quad City Symphony

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 3:16


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    LeClaire, Iowa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 3:06


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    Moline Foundation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 3:03


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    John Deere

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 2:52


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    Reverend Hitchcock

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 3:08


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    Iowa's Doom

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 3:08


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    Buffalo, Iowa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 3:08


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    St. Raphael's Seminary

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 3:02


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    A Straight Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 3:01


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    An Iowa Booster

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 2:57


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    Stephanie Tashiro

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 3:11


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    Private Messler's War

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 3:25


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    Bootcamp

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 3:04


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    Songs of Iowa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 2:58


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    Anti-Saloon Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 3:04


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    Alfred Swoffer's Visit to Minnesota

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 3:19


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    Apples

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 3:06


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    Gateway to Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 2:55


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    Patent Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 2:57


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    Circus on the Cannonball Trail

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 3:18


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    Walter Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 3:15


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    The Great Comet of 1882

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 3:16


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    The Benefits of Civilization

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 3:11


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    A River Essay

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 3:01


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    A Knight of the Grip

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 3:10


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    John "Red" Rieke

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 3:04


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    Minnesota News

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 3:03


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    Anamosa, Iowa

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 3:05


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    Helen Burkhiser

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 3:10


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    Cholera

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 3:14


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    Memorial Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 3:11


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    The Last Straw

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 2:53


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    The Log of the Morning Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 3:31


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    Olmsted Ferris

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 3:08


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    The Black Hawk Tower Witch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 3:10


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    Exotic Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 2:59


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    Moline Swedes and Vietnam

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 3:00


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    David Copperfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 3:20


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    St. Margaret's

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 3:22


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    Mrs. Maggie Van Cott

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 3:06


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    Sears City

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 3:07


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    David B. Sears

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 3:14


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    The Carp

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 2:57


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    Not a Vacation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 3:16


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    Grey Cloud Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 2:59


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    Discovery Wetlands

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 3:01


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    Iowa in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 3:02


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    Louisa Massey

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 3:05


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    Robert Lucas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 3:16


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