![]() ![]() Learn about the region’s fascinating history and related stories of American expansion, industrialization, and the shifting economies that continually make and remake cities. I know every guide makes that claim, but I genuinely mean it. There are plenty of quality ways to pass the time and the people are among the friendliest you will meet anywhere. The Mississippi River unites these disparate cities into a cohesive region. The Mississippi River is the reason that settlers put down their stakes here in the 1830s, and people still flock to its banks to fish, to walk, to gamble, or just to sit and enjoy the view. In the Quad Cities, downtown is literally the part of town that is down the hill. ![]() The cities stretch from the river’s banks up and over the bluffs that the Mississippi River excavated thousands of years ago. The Mississippi River cuts through the heart of the region-actually, it is the heart of the region. The Quad Cities metro area also includes several smaller river towns, including the villages of Pleasant Valley and Riverdale in Iowa and Hampton, Illinois. And that’s just within the ring formed by Interstates 80 and 280, my choice as the artificial boundary for the region. Yes, around here “Quad” actually means five. Welcome to the Quad Cities, where the Mississippi River flows from east to west-to get from Iowa to Illinois you have to go south! The Quad Cities consist of the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf and the Illinois cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline. ![]()
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