“The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road, the Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride … " That was how folk singers and rail fans referred to the Rock Island railroad, which built its rail lines ...

The men who turned Rock Island's dream of a railroad into reality were both easterners. Joseph E. Sheffield was born June 19, 1793, into a well-to-do-family in Southport, Conn. He entered business ...

More than 150 Missouri landowners along the Rock Island Trail will receive compensation from the federal government after a ruling last week from the United States Court of Federal Claims. On Sept. 28 ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Shorter College in North Little Rock has been given a$1.2 million grant to renovate the Historic Rock Island Railroad Depot in North Little Rock to serve as their innovative ...