Quad Cities

attributive Quad City · attributive Quad-City

1. A region of cities (originally four) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in northwestern Illinois.

   Don’t forget to get gas in the Quad Cities before heading back to the Trace.

   2018, Margaret Littman, Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip: Natchez Trace Parkway, Memphis, Tupelo, Mississippi Blues Trail, Avalon Travel, →ISBN

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   The total population of the Quad Cities in 1950 was 184,493 while the metropolitan area population was 234,256.

   1959, Civil Aeronautics Board Reports, volume 28, page 799

   Before casinos, the Quad Cities "was just a river stop on I-80 -⁠- a lot of people would stop and say, 'Gee, is that the Mississippi River Mark Twain wrote about?' " said Bernie Goldstein, a a ^([sic]) Bettendorf scrap-metal magnate who turned the first riverboat into the 14-casino Isle of Capri chain.

   2002 May 20, Jodi Wilgoren, “Midwest Towns Feel Gambling Is a Sure Thing”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

   The rest of the afternoon was spent back in front of the fire, discussing art and upcoming events in the Quad Cities.

   2013, Aleatha Romig, Convicted, →ISBN

   We could have stayed there for a while, but the Quad Cities were only 160 miles west of Chicago, and we had a lot more of the Mississippi River to see.

   2017 October 13, Peter Kujawinski, “Along the Mississippi”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2017