Rock Island Lines Podcast
Monday thru Friday 11 AM
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.
Latest Episodes
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Three years ago, a colleague of mine bought a house in a small town south of Rock Island. When she decided to get a…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.George Washington never slept here. You can't visit Rock Island and sleep in the same bed for an extra nine dollars a…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Folks around Rock Island don't take much stock in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. None of those wonders did any…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Cindy Weretheman lived near Rock Island for almost twenty-four years. For the last four of those years, she taught me…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Consider this an advanced warning should you decide to invite a Rock Islander into your home for dinner. Like most…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Several months ago, I went to Anna V. Larson's funeral at St. John's Lutheran Church in Rock Island. It was one of…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Just as Adam named all the flora and fauna in the Garden of Eden, so we Rock Islanders give names to the landscape…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Newspaper editors are almost as apt as other folks to change their minds when a better idea comes along. Here's a local…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.On May 10, 1823, at about noon, a small sternwheel steamboat drew within sight of Fort Armstrong at the western tip of…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.A while back I told you about a local professor whose grand imagination represents the pinnacle of professor-dom. I'm…