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AT THE ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL MUSEUM. IT IS THE SECOND OLDEST U.S. ARMY MUSEUM
ARSENAL MUSEUM. IT IS THE SECOND OLDEST U.S. ARMY MUSEUM IN THE NATION BUT NOT THE ONLY
SECOND OLDEST U.S. ARMY MUSEUM IN THE NATION BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE ON THIS ISLAND.
IN THE NATION BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE ON THIS ISLAND. NEARBY STANDS A HOME OF THE MAN
ONE ON THIS ISLAND. NEARBY STANDS A HOME OF THE MAN WHO WORKED AT FORT ARMSTRONG AND
NEARBY STANDS A HOME OF THE MAN WHO WORKED AT FORT ARMSTRONG AND WHO LEFT HIS NAME.
WHO WORKED AT FORT ARMSTRONG AND WHO LEFT HIS NAME. >> ABOUT THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT
WHO LEFT HIS NAME. >> ABOUT THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SAWMILL
>> ABOUT THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SAWMILL HERE.
THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SAWMILL HERE. ALL THE OTHER HOUSE INS THIS
HERE. ALL THE OTHER HOUSE INS THIS GENERAL AREA WERE LOG COULD BE
ALL THE OTHER HOUSE INS THIS GENERAL AREA WERE LOG COULD BE INS, THERE WERE SOD HOUSES.
GENERAL AREA WERE LOG COULD BE INS, THERE WERE SOD HOUSES. EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE WITH THE
INS, THERE WERE SOD HOUSES. EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOGS THAT ARE
EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOGS THAT ARE INSIDE THE WALL AND THE STONE
EXCEPTION OF THE LOGS THAT ARE INSIDE THE WALL AND THE STONE AND THE CHIMNEY HAD TO BE
INSIDE THE WALL AND THE STONE AND THE CHIMNEY HAD TO BE BROUGHT UP THE RIVER.
AND THE CHIMNEY HAD TO BE BROUGHT UP THE RIVER. >> THIS HOME WAS BUILT BY GEORGE
BROUGHT UP THE RIVER. >> THIS HOME WAS BUILT BY GEORGE DAVENPORT FOR A PURPOSE.
>> THIS HOME WAS BUILT BY GEORGE DAVENPORT FOR A PURPOSE. IT WAS TRULY THE FINEST MANSION
DAVENPORT FOR A PURPOSE. IT WAS TRULY THE FINEST MANSION WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF ST.
IT WAS TRULY THE FINEST MANSION WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF ST. LOUIS TET.
GEORGE DAVENPORT ARRIVED HERE ON MAY 10, 1816, AND HE TRADED FIRST WITH THE SOLDIERS AT THE
MAY 10, 1816, AND HE TRADED FIRST WITH THE SOLDIERS AT THE FORT BUT SOON DISCOVERED BY 1817
FIRST WITH THE SOLDIERS AT THE FORT BUT SOON DISCOVERED BY 1817 THERE WAS TAR MORE MONEY TO BE
FORT BUT SOON DISCOVERED BY 1817 THERE WAS TAR MORE MONEY TO BE MADE IN THE FUR TRADE AND MADE A
THERE WAS TAR MORE MONEY TO BE MADE IN THE FUR TRADE AND MADE A SIZABLE FORTUNE FROM THAT, AND
MADE IN THE FUR TRADE AND MADE A SIZABLE FORTUNE FROM THAT, AND HE BEGAN BUYING UPLAND IN
SIZABLE FORTUNE FROM THAT, AND HE BEGAN BUYING UPLAND IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TO
HE BEGAN BUYING UPLAND IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TO EVENTUALLY RESELL TO THE WHITE
NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TO EVENTUALLY RESELL TO THE WHITE POPULATION THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE
EVENTUALLY RESELL TO THE WHITE POPULATION THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE MOVING INTO THIS AREA.
POPULATION THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE MOVING INTO THIS AREA. GEORGE DA DA BEGAN THE
MOVING INTO THIS AREA. GEORGE DA DA BEGAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS -- GEORGE
GEORGE DA DA BEGAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS -- GEORGE DAVENPORT BEGAN THIS
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS -- GEORGE DAVENPORT BEGAN THIS CONSTRUCTION IN 1873 WHEN HE HAD
DAVENPORT BEGAN THIS CONSTRUCTION IN 1873 WHEN HE HAD THE SOLDIERS CUT DOWN THE LOGS
CONSTRUCTION IN 1873 WHEN HE HAD THE SOLDIERS CUT DOWN THE LOGS TO MAKE UP THE INNER AND OUTER
THE SOLDIERS CUT DOWN THE LOGS TO MAKE UP THE INNER AND OUTER WALLS.
TO MAKE UP THE INNER AND OUTER WALLS. IT WASN'T FINISHED UNTIL SPRING,
WALLS. IT WASN'T FINISHED UNTIL SPRING, UNTIL A PLASTERER CAME UP TO
IT WASN'T FINISHED UNTIL SPRING, UNTIL A PLASTERER CAME UP TO FINISH THE PLASTERING ON THE
UNTIL A PLASTERER CAME UP TO FINISH THE PLASTERING ON THE HOME.
FINISH THE PLASTERING ON THE HOME. PARLOR WAS THE CRADLE OF THE
HOME. PARLOR WAS THE CRADLE OF THE QUAD CITIES WE'D LIKE TO SAY.
PARLOR WAS THE CRADLE OF THE QUAD CITIES WE'D LIKE TO SAY. IT WAS IN THAT ROOM IN 1836 THAT
QUAD CITIES WE'D LIKE TO SAY. IT WAS IN THAT ROOM IN 1836 THAT GEORGE DAVENPORT, HIS FRIEND AND
IT WAS IN THAT ROOM IN 1836 THAT GEORGE DAVENPORT, HIS FRIEND AND 2001 LE CLAIRE AND SIX OTHER
GEORGE DAVENPORT, HIS FRIEND AND 2001 LE CLAIRE AND SIX OTHER BUSINESSMEN WHO HAD INTEREST IN
2001 LE CLAIRE AND SIX OTHER BUSINESSMEN WHO HAD INTEREST IN THIS AREA GATHERED IN THAT ROOM
BUSINESSMEN WHO HAD INTEREST IN THIS AREA GATHERED IN THAT ROOM AND LITERALLY ON A BLANK PIECE
THIS AREA GATHERED IN THAT ROOM AND LITERALLY ON A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER PLAT PLANNED THE CITY
AND LITERALLY ON A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER PLAT PLANNED THE CITY OF DAVENPORT.
OF PAPER PLAT PLANNED THE CITY OF DAVENPORT. THE PARLOR HAS A FAMILY
OF DAVENPORT. THE PARLOR HAS A FAMILY HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, I GUESS
THE PARLOR HAS A FAMILY HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, BECAUSE FROM
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, BECAUSE FROM AROUND THAT PARLOR ON JUNE, 1845
YOU COULD SAY, BECAUSE FROM AROUND THAT PARLOR ON JUNE, 1845 THAT GEORGE DAVENPORT WAS LAID
AROUND THAT PARLOR ON JUNE, 1845 THAT GEORGE DAVENPORT WAS LAID TO REST.
THAT GEORGE DAVENPORT WAS LAID TO REST. GEORGE DAVENPORT HAD BEEN
TO REST. GEORGE DAVENPORT HAD BEEN MURDERED.
GEORGE DAVENPORT HAD BEEN MURDERED. IT HAPPENED IN THIS ROOM ACROSS
MURDERED. IT HAPPENED IN THIS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL AFTER THE FAMILY AND
IT HAPPENED IN THIS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL AFTER THE FAMILY AND SERVANTS LEFT FOR THE FOURTH OF
THE HALL AFTER THE FAMILY AND SERVANTS LEFT FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
SERVANTS LEFT FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. RIVER BANDITS ENTERED THE HOME
JULY CELEBRATION. RIVER BANDITS ENTERED THE HOME AND SHOT GEORGE IN THE LEG
RIVER BANDITS ENTERED THE HOME AND SHOT GEORGE IN THE LEG SEVERING AN ARTERY.
AND SHOT GEORGE IN THE LEG SEVERING AN ARTERY. HE LAY BLEEDING TO DEATH.
SEVERING AN ARTERY. HE LAY BLEEDING TO DEATH. >> FROM THEN ON, THE BANDITS
HE LAY BLEEDING TO DEATH. >> FROM THEN ON, THE BANDITS WENT ONTO TRY TO OPEN THE SAVE
>> FROM THEN ON, THE BANDITS WENT ONTO TRY TO OPEN THE SAVE WHERE THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS 20
WENT ONTO TRY TO OPEN THE SAVE WHERE THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WHERE THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY COULDN'T GET THE SAFE OPEN,
THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY COULDN'T GET THE SAFE OPEN, THEY CAME BACK DOWN, DRAGGED
THEY COULDN'T GET THE SAFE OPEN, THEY CAME BACK DOWN, DRAGGED GEORGE UPSTAIRS TO WHERE THE
THEY CAME BACK DOWN, DRAGGED GEORGE UPSTAIRS TO WHERE THE SAFE WAS.
GEORGE UPSTAIRS TO WHERE THE SAFE WAS. THEY WERE EXPECTING $20,000, BUT
SAFE WAS. THEY WERE EXPECTING $20,000, BUT ALL THE SAFE CONTAINED WAS $400
THEY WERE EXPECTING $20,000, BUT ALL THE SAFE CONTAINED WAS $400 IN MISSOURI BANK NOTES.
ALL THE SAFE CONTAINED WAS $400 IN MISSOURI BANK NOTES. A REWARD WAS SOON OFFERED FOR
IN MISSOURI BANK NOTES. A REWARD WAS SOON OFFERED FOR THE BAN KITS EVENTUALLY
A REWARD WAS SOON OFFERED FOR THE BAN KITS EVENTUALLY CAPTURED, TRIED AND EXECUTED.
THE BAN KITS EVENTUALLY CAPTURED, TRIED AND EXECUTED. A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS AFTER
CAPTURED, TRIED AND EXECUTED. A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ***, THE LAST FAMILY
A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ***, THE LAST FAMILY MEMBER MOVED AWAY.
THE ***, THE LAST FAMILY MEMBER MOVED AWAY. THE HOME REMAINED EMPTY UNTIL
MEMBER MOVED AWAY. THE HOME REMAINED EMPTY UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR WHEN IT WAS USED
THE HOME REMAINED EMPTY UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR WHEN IT WAS USED AS AN OFFICE FOR THE PRISON.
THE CIVIL WAR WHEN IT WAS USED AS AN OFFICE FOR THE PRISON. TODAY IT IS SLOWLY BEING
AS AN OFFICE FOR THE PRISON. TODAY IT IS SLOWLY BEING RESTORED TO ITS PAST GLORY, TO A
TODAY IT IS SLOWLY BEING RESTORED TO ITS PAST GLORY, TO A TIME WHEN IT STOOD OUT AMONG LOG
RESTORED TO ITS PAST GLORY, TO A TIME WHEN IT STOOD OUT AMONG LOG CABINS WITH THE PROMISE OF
TIME WHEN IT STOOD OUT AMONG LOG CABINS WITH THE PROMISE OF FUTURE PROSPERITY.
CABINS WITH THE PROMISE OF FUTURE PROSPERITY. >> THE HOUSE ORIGINALLY HAD
FUTURE PROSPERITY. >> THE HOUSE ORIGINALLY HAD THREE WINGS ON IT.
>> THE HOUSE ORIGINALLY HAD THREE WINGS ON IT. ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN REBUILT.
THREE WINGS ON IT. ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN REBUILT. THE OTHER TWO WE HOPE TO REBUILD
ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN REBUILT. THE OTHER TWO WE HOPE TO REBUILD IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THE OTHER TWO WE HOPE TO REBUILD IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE SOUTH WING CAME OUT FROM THE
IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE SOUTH WING CAME OUT FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO ABOUT CLOSE
THE SOUTH WING CAME OUT FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO ABOUT CLOSE TO WHERE THAT BUSH IS, AND THAT
BACK OF THE HOUSE TO ABOUT CLOSE TO WHERE THAT BUSH IS, AND THAT WAS THE KITCHEN ON THE LOWER
TO WHERE THAT BUSH IS, AND THAT WAS THE KITCHEN ON THE LOWER FLOOR, AND SER VANT'S QUARTER ON
WAS THE KITCHEN ON THE LOWER FLOOR, AND SER VANT'S QUARTER ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
FLOOR, AND SER VANT'S QUARTER ON THE SECOND FLOOR. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
THE SECOND FLOOR. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING AN EB EXHIBIT ON
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING AN EB EXHIBIT ON THE FUR TRADE.
CONSTRUCTING AN EB EXHIBIT ON THE FUR TRADE. GEORGE DAVENPORT AFTER LIVING ON
THE FUR TRADE. GEORGE DAVENPORT AFTER LIVING ON THE ISLAND FOR TWO YEARS, WENT
GEORGE DAVENPORT AFTER LIVING ON THE ISLAND FOR TWO YEARS, WENT INTO THE FUR TRADE.
THE ISLAND FOR TWO YEARS, WENT INTO THE FUR TRADE. >> BUT MORE THAN A FUR TRADER,
INTO THE FUR TRADE. >> BUT MORE THAN A FUR TRADER, GEORGE DAVENPORT WAS A PROMOTER
>> BUT MORE THAN A FUR TRADER, GEORGE DAVENPORT WAS A PROMOTER HE BELIEVED SO MUCH IN THE
GEORGE DAVENPORT WAS A PROMOTER HE BELIEVED SO MUCH IN THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA THAT HE
HE BELIEVED SO MUCH IN THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA THAT HE BUILT A LAVISH HOME, A HOME TO
FUTURE OF THIS AREA THAT HE BUILT A LAVISH HOME, A HOME TO ATTRACT OTHERS TO THIS FRONTIER
BUILT A LAVISH HOME, A HOME TO ATTRACT OTHERS TO THIS FRONTIER LAND.
ATTRACT OTHERS TO THIS FRONTIER LAND. >> THAT FRONT PARLOR SERVED
LAND. >> THAT FRONT PARLOR SERVED GEORGE DAVENPORT'S PURPOSES
>> THAT FRONT PARLOR SERVED GEORGE DAVENPORT'S PURPOSES QUITE WELL.
GEORGE DAVENPORT'S PURPOSES QUITE WELL. WHEN HE WOULD BRING WEALTHY
QUITE WELL. WHEN HE WOULD BRING WEALTHY INVESTORS THEY WOULD WINE AND
WHEN HE WOULD BRING WEALTHY INVESTORS THEY WOULD WINE AND DINE IN THE DINING ROOM AND MOVE
INVESTORS THEY WOULD WINE AND DINE IN THE DINING ROOM AND MOVE INTO THE PARLOR WHERE THERE WAS
DINE IN THE DINING ROOM AND MOVE INTO THE PARLOR WHERE THERE WAS PIANO, AND THEY WOULD MOVE THE
INTO THE PARLOR WHERE THERE WAS PIANO, AND THEY WOULD MOVE THE FURNISHINGS TO THE SIDE ROOM AND
PIANO, AND THEY WOULD MOVE THE FURNISHINGS TO THE SIDE ROOM AND DANCE JIGGINGS -- JIGS AND REELS
FURNISHINGS TO THE SIDE ROOM AND DANCE JIGGINGS -- JIGS AND REELS AS PART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE DAVENPORT HOME CON TANK THE DAVENPORT HOUSE HISTORICAL
DAVENPORT HOME CON TANK THE DAVENPORT HOUSE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION AT (309)786-7336.