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Moline's Rise From Frontier Settlement to Industrial Power
The article chronicles Moline's early growth from a small trading stop to a thriving manufacturing hub. It notes key figures like the Wells and Deere families, the establishment of mills and foundries, the arrival of the railroad, the formation of churches and schools, and rapid population and infrastructure expansion driven by water power and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ere Bliss
Herp
Congregational Church
Charles Atkinson
Moline
First Avenue
Keator Mill
Huntington Wells
Abraham Hartzell
Sherman & Atkinson
Pitts
Moline Plow Company
Huldsh Edwards
Thomas
de Witt UC
Dimock
Mark Dimock
John Jiunton
Amos Gordon
Bufalo House
A B. Hitchcock
Rocksland
David Sears
William H. Edwards
David Lambertson
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Rock Island
David B. Sears
White's
Chamberlain & Dean's
Wm. A
Alo Zo Nourse
D. B. Sears
John Deere
McHine
Deere
Dee
United States
Arsenal
Osborne & Kelly
Stevens, Gault & Co
Moline Lodge
Stevens, Hartzell & Co
Nourse
Childs & Co
Wm. Heald & Co
Amos Smith
Moliné
J. S Richards
Allen
Maine
Dune's Hardware Stone
Chamberlain & Dean
Dunn's
Green & Chapman
Thuline Fire Company
Metamora No
Rob Fa
Mississippi
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri
Moline Fewell
Cole Plow
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South
America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
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Illinois