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Bookstore: Rock Island County Cemeteries


Chippiannock Cemetery by Minda Powers-Douglas

Built on a ridge named for the great Native American spirit Manitou, Chippiannock Cemetery has honored the dead of Rock Island County for over 150 years. Chippiannock, which means "village of the dead" in the Sauk and Fox languages, is truly a village. People from all walks of life are buried in the majestic rolling grounds. From railroad and lumber barons to blacksmiths and riverboat captains, here one will find the people who made this land along the Mississippi River thrive. Upon stepping through the gates of Chippiannock, one finds memorials to the dead, ranging from artistic and stately to simple or humble.

B & W paperback with 128 pages (with over 200 photographs)
Publication Information: Arcadia Publishing/ 2010


Price: $21.99




The Silence of Eternity by Lloyd H. Effandt

This book contains the minutes from the Riverside Cemetery Board Meetings from 1851 to the 1970's. The minutes chronicle the creation of the cemetery, the problems it has faced over the years and its merger in the 1970's to form the Moline Cemetery Association.

B & W with 137 pages w/ photographs
Publication Information: Rock Island County Historical Society/ 1989


Cost: $2.50


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Moline, IL 61265-1221

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