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.Folks around here once took their right to vote seriously. They cared about who won.That was one-hundred and fifty…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.We Rock Islanders who live along the Mississippi River don't hold much for lakes, those little puddles that dot the…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Looking for an idea to spice up your next garage sale? Have I got an idea for you, fresh from the first farmers who…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.This story is on the sad side—one of the tribal tales we pass on to our children in hopes of sending them into the…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock IslandSeveral weeks ago, I was invited to a local elementary school to do a writing workshop. I did not need to be asked twice…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.In the spring of 1816, troops of the Eighth United States Infantry landed on Rock Island and built a fort to protect…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.While the Sixties were ripping and rending the social fabric of America, on Rock Island it was still 1954. We forgot to…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Few Rock Islanders can so clearly see the results of the good they do in this world as Jimmy, the Lamp.Jimmy worked for…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.On any summer day, barring tornados and floods, men and women line the Davenport levee wall across from Rock Island,…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Whoever made that silk purse out of a sow's ear has nothing on the citizens of Oquawka, Illinois, just downstream from…