Attendees at June, 1845, meeting at Davenport home

Col. George Davenport -- One of the first white men to settle in the area; city of Davenport is named for him.
James Grant --Davenport attorney, former and future member of the Iowa Legislature; he would later be the first president of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad.
Ebenezar Cook -- Davenport banker and lawyer
A. C. Fulton --Scott County real estate developer.
P. A. Whittaker -- Rock Island businessman.
Lemuel Andrews -- Rock Island businessman; he would later serve as collector of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad.
Charles Atkinson -- businssman who had laid out the original town of Moline in 1843; later a member of the Chicago and Rock Island board of directors; assured to railroad came through Moline.
N. D. Elwood -- a Joliet resident
Richard Morgan -- an engineer with railroad surveying experience.

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