history

History says that a terrifying creature named the 'Marvelous Monster' used to swim in the depths of a pond in Cherry Valley, Illinois. Could it still be there today?

Did you know Rockford, Illinois has its own version of Chicago's 'Resurrection Mary' story?

Davenport is the site of the first successful appendectomy in the U.S.

Get your Quad Cities history on this very cool Facebook page.

hile it's not a "foam finger" this Iowa student was credited with the prototype for the famed sports digit. Steve Chmelar of Ottumwa created this papier-mâché finger for a high school event in 1971. The Ottumwa High School student made it out hardware cloth and papier-mâché for the 1971 Iowa High School Athletic Association Boy’s State Basketball Finals, between the Ottumwa Bulldogs and the Davenport West Falcons.

I am a big history buff.  I have a lineage that I can trace back to Germany over 400 years ago. And my family were instrumental players in the Revolutionary War... for the British. Sorry, eh. My home in Rock Island is almost 100 years old, and I am an avid Quad Cities history buff...