Illinois port on the Mississippi that is home to a major government arsenal
The Government Bridge, or Arsenal Bridge, as it's called, in the 
Quad Cities... [DOC] [TLE] Bridging the Mississippi | National Archives [PAR] 2 Bridging the Mississippi: The Railroads and Steamboats Clash at the Rock 
Island ... (William Riebe, "The Government Bridge," The Rock Island Digest) ... On 
April 22, 1856, the citizens of Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, cheered 
as ... Illinois and Iowa was in the center of the main channel of the Mississippi 
River... [DOC] [TLE] an illustrated history of the rock island arsenal and arsenal island ... [PAR] The government's historic ties with Arsenal Island date back to the signing of the 
.... the lead region of Northeast Iowa, Northern Illinois, ... Mississippi River 
through the Upper Rapids at Rock Island, on its way to St. Louis, ... Americans 
concept of land as property was foreign ..... and Sauk musket fire riddled Major 
Taylor's.