11 Facts About Moline Illinois

At the time, Moline Illinois had a population of only a few hundred, mostly involved in work at the mill.

Moline Illinois's founding fathers were primarily ambitious industrialists from New England.

Many of these founders clearly envisioned a "Lowell on the Mississippi", after a major industrial city of Massachusetts; Moline Illinois was marketed as a "Lowell of the West" to potential investors and immigrants.

Soon other Moline Illinois-based companies became known around the country for their products.

The first metropolitan airfield, the Moline Illinois Airport, opened in 1926 and later provided commercial air service to Chicago and St Louis.

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Molette was the first Moline Illinois neighborhood produced on a mass scale and one of the largest single-unit housing projects in the Midwest at the time.

Moline Illinois still reflects the rich culture of the successive waves of immigrants from France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Eastern Europe, and most recently, Mexico.

Downtown Moline Illinois plays host to events of regional importance such as Taste of the Quad Cities, Race for the Cure, the Quad City Marathon, and the Lighting of the Commons.

City of Moline is nestled beside and on a broad bluff situated between the banks of the Mississippi River and Rock River in Rock Island County, Illinois.

Notable neighborhoods include Moline Illinois's downtown, now known as Moline Illinois Centre, which is a historic area bounded approximately by 12th and 34th Streets and the Mississippi River and 6th Avenue.

Moline Illinois was home to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, a professional basketball team that evolved into what is today the Atlanta Hawks.