1. Joan of Arc, Rock Island Style Roald Tweet 2:49

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. As with most rough river towns along the Upper Mississippi, Rock Islanders have had their share of sin. In 1903, Bishop Henry Cosgrove visited Davenport, Iowa, and declared it “the wickedest city for its size in America.”

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