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I used to skateboard those hills when I was young.

Thank you for such an interesting video, but the music is annoying.

Wow. I live in Rock Island county. Rock Island Illinois. Where Blackhawk State Park sits with his statue. For some reason I've always felt something weird about Blackhawk State Park in museum. I was born Oct 3 1971 my last name is Davis in Blackhawk died in Davis county Iowa. What a great show you made thanks really informative.oh yeah in Blackhawk died at 71 ✌️

I found a river that is absolutely beautiful and rocky as all get out with potential burials!

Great speech , thank you for posting!

I haven't visited the city yet but I've gone through a few times on the train and each time we rolled through, I wanted more than anything to get off and explore but couldn't. The first impression I got when I first laid eyes on Burlington was that its a very old city that's showing its age in many areas but I still plan to visit one day.

Lived in Burlington Iowa for little over 25 years , then moved to Nauvoo Illinois and have never heard this story before.. I have also lived in Montrose & West Point Iowa , Thanks for sharing this interesting part of history with all of us..

Thankyou! I appreciate the work put into this history lesson and drive down memory lane.

Very interesting! Well done.

At 7:30, the comment about the Burlington Basket Company brought back memories. My grandfather was the head bookkeeper there for over 20 years, and died at work there early in the morning after Thanksgiving in 1956.

So many great memories of Burlington from years back. Sad to think that much I what I knew as being part of Burlington is now gone. Burlington was a great place to be in the 70's and 80's. Would give anything to be able to go back there again during that time.

I'm happy I came across this. I'm related to the Hoskinson side. Eunice would be my 2nd cousin 4 times removed.

Great Video. I drive that road a lot and learned more about it from this :)

Great job. Thank you!

I'm related to Drusilla Rockefeller, daughter of Edward Rockefeller's second wife.

I'd love to watch the entire video but it doesn't stream. (NPI) also, when many people treat the subject of American History they seem to pick from a very limited "Top Ten" list of period musical accompaniment as if there was nothing else and whether or not it complements the subject matter. Ragtime has no peculiar association with 19th century Burlington and seems arbitrary and distracting. Find someone with a broad exposure to American root music to make the picks. Otherwise, you do a great job presenting interesting facts.

Hee Haw music for a Hee Haw town. Hee Haw! Otherwise this is a far above average video

Man the railroad works it's way into every thing in butlington

Great job, Russ. My only complaint is the music. In my opinion it bugs. Maybe if it was mixed down a bit, but it get's in the way of your narrative.

Being a history buff and native SE Iowan (Louisa county), this is the first time that I have heard about this part of our history. Thank you for sharing this history before it is lost. You have done a great job of documenting and compiling this history.

I lived in Burlington for 18 years and this event was never discussed by anyone in my family or in school. It was well documented by the information in the Hawk-Eye. Also wonderful pictures of Burlington

Great information! Thanks.

Fascinating!