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.Of at least one Rock Islander, Benjamin Dann Walsh, it can truly be said that there was some good news and some bad…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Less than a hundred miles north of this island lies a cornfield made popular by the movie Field of Dreams. It's not…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Even today, Easterners view the Midwest as far better ground in which to plant corn than culture. They would almost…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Think of Chicago as our Philistine giant, Goliath, and all the small Illinois villages and towns as so many Davids,…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.In the early twentieth century, the towns of Davenport and Rock Island facing each other across the Mississippi seemed…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Before you decide to become a celebrity, hear out the story of Daniel Smith Harris, a man who tried too hard to live up…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Fourteen miles upstream from Rock Island, Highway 67 becomes the main street of LeClaire, Iowa, a river town founded by…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.In the 1930s, children growing up near 34th Street and 10th Avenue in the city of Rock Island had a distinct advantage…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Forget those pearly gates, golden streets, crystal fountains, and harps. I'm hoping for a heaven exactly like Peanut…
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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Until 1961, Rock Islanders could get a free education in one of two ways: they could spend their half hour a day…