Smiths Island Nature Trail

Location: 22549 182nd Street Pleasant Valley, IA 52767

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What is the Alcoa Eaglecam?

What is the ARCONIC Eaglecam?

In 2010, Arconic (formerly Alcoa) in Riverdale (just upstream from Bettendorf) installed a webcam overlooking a bald eagle nest and it soon ranked among the world’s 25 most visited web cam sites.

A pair of bald eagles in 2009 built their 7-foot nest in a tree along the Mississippi River, part of the 400-acre property owned by Arconic, which operates the world's largest aluminum rolling mill nearby.

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How large is Quarters One on Arsenal Island?

How large is Quarters One on Arsenal Island?

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When Brevet Brigadier General Thomas J. Rodman came to Rock Island Arsenal, he redesigned the arsenal on a grand scale. For his contributions as second commanding officer from 1865 to 1871, Rodman is known as “The Father of Rock Island Arsenal.”

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How did Stubbs Eddy get his name?

How did Stubbs Eddy get his name?

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Captain James R. Stubbs was one of Davenport’s early eccentrics. He lived in a cave close to an eddy in the river near the Lindsay Park Yacht Club. His peculiarities grew in notoriety until his cave home came to be called Stubbs Eddy.

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