Orientation
From the Channel Cat landing on River Drive in Moline, you have arrived at the Ben Butterworth Parkway. Most of the parkway stretches 33 blocks to the east and makes for a good place to run, walk or bike on 4.5 miles of trails. This strip of the waterfront is one of the most popular parks in the Quad Cities area.
Ben Butterworth Bike Path. Photo by Jon Cunningham. Courtesy of The City of Moline, IL.
Most of the parkway stretches 33 blocks to the east and makes for a good place to run, walk or bike on 4.5 miles of trails. Across the road, you will see Western Illinois University – Quad Cities.
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Sources
- Narrative of Incidents in the Life of an Illinois Pioneer by Benjamin Goble, originally printed in 1881, reprinted in 1977, Moline Public Library, Moline, IL
- Moline: A Pictorial History, By Bess Pierce, Arcadia Publishing
- Moline: City of Mills by David R. Collins, Rich J. Johnson, and Bessie J. Pierce, Arcadia Publishing
- Always Lumber: The Story of Dimock, Gould & Co. 1985-1952, George W. Wickstrom, 1952. Available at the Rock Island County Historical Society Library, Moline, IL
- Rock Island County Historical Society Library, Moline, IL. Photo Collection
- Rock Island County Historical Society Library, Moline, IL. File folder – Moline Township – Moline – Parks – Ben Butterworth Parkway.
- An Illustrated History of the Rock Island Arsenal and Arsenal Island Parts One and Two, Thomas Slattery, Historical Office, U.S. Army Armament Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, IL., 1990
- Moline Dispatch: March 29, 1941, June 1, 1941, September 1, 1941, December 31, 1941, September 29, 1943, December 30, 1944, November 10, 1948, December 24, 1968, May 1, 1972, June 23, 1992, November 28, 1995 April 18, 1999
- Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo New York, April 19 1929
- Daily Times (Davenport, IA) 12.29.1936
- Library of Congress photo archives: https://www.loc.gov/item/75693217/
- ASC History Newsletter Vol 5, Issue 10, July 15, 2015. https://www.aschq.army.mil
- https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nationalcemeteries/illinois/rockislandconfederatecemetery.html
- https://wikipedia.org/wikiRolle_Bolle
- https://foursquare.com/v/ben-butterworth-parkway/4c716b76b5a5236a8cff5252/photos
- https://greatrivertrail.org
- https://rideillinois.org/maps/mississippi-river-trail-guide
- https://discoverytrail.org/states/illinois/
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- https://www.lib.niu.edu/1998/ip980555.html
- https://www.nps.gov/miss/riverfacts.htm
- Narrative of Incidents in the Life of an Illinois Pioneer by Benjamin Goble, originally printed in 1881, reprinted in 1977 available at the Moline Public Library
- Moline: A Pictorial History, By Bess Pierce
- Always Lumber: The Story of Dimock, Gould & Co. 1985-1952, George W. Wickstrom, 1952. Available at the Rock Island County Historical Society Library, Moline, IL
- Rock Island County Historical Society, Moline, IL. File folder – Moline Township – Moline – Parks – Ben Butterworth Parkway. No newspaper or date noted.
- Rock Island County Historical Society, Moline, IL. File folder – Moline Township – Moline – Parks – Ben Butterworth Parkway. No newspaper or date noted.
- Moline Dispatch, March 29, 1941, pg.3
- Moline Dispatch, December 31, 1941, pg. 40
- Private collection
- Moline Dispatch, May 1, 1972
- Moline Dispatch, June 28, 1992
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