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Title: Official book of the Fort Armstrong centennial celebration, June 18th-24th, 1916
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Rock Island County (Ill.) historical society. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Rock Island, Ill., E. O. Vaile, jr.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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n 1780—a part of theRevolutionary War, and which was again destroyed by fire by Illinois militia under Brig.-Gen.Joseph Duncan in the 1831 campaign of the Black Hawk War; 100 yards west of the bridge overRock River at the Davis: Power Plant. Ruins of the Sears mill. From this spot Gen. E. P. Gaines shelled Yandruffs Island in 1831from the deck of the steamboat Enterprise, to drive out Black Hawk and his hostile Indians. Atthe bridge over Rock River at the Davis Power Plant. Yandruffs Island. Gen. Joseph Duncan and 1,600 mounted Illinois militia, accompanied byGov. John Reynolds andStaff, swept the Island in 1831 in search of hostile Indians. On the site ofthe cabin of Joshua Yandruff part of the cellar wall still remains. It was here that Black Hawk,indignant over the sale to his Indians of fire-water, visited Mr. Yandruff and destroyed his sup-ply of whiskey. East of; Main road across Island. Grave of Black Hawks two children, and site of the cabin where he fasted and mourned their
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Tuesday AFTERNOON EVENING June 20th death for two years. At the extreme west end and highest point of Watch Tower bluff. Fromsame .point may be seen the site of Rock Island City, a purely western boom town of the earlydays, 1836. The first water power of this vicinity (Vandruffs) and the site of the first permanent waterpower dam across the south channel of Rock River; the remnants of the state canal of 1837; theYellow Banks trail; the Maiden trail; where the Rock River rangers and regulars shelled Van-druffs Island in 1831 ; the location of a prehistoric pottery; the location of the legend of the Frenchfiddler ; the location of the legend of the Indian lovers spring; the location of Lincolns camp. Allmay be seen from the Watch Tower Inn. Gymnastic Exhibition by the Young Men*s Christian Associations of Davenport, Rock Island,and Mohne. Grand Entry and Maze Run. Parallel Bars. Massed Dumb Bell Drill. Tumbling. Relay Races. The Grey Zouaves. Elephant Work. Wall Scaling and Finale. Elec

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