"View of Rock Island Prison Barracks from a vantage point just above the north gate. The layout of the camp, Confederate prisoners at work and at rest, and four Union guards on post on the sentry walk ...

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Have you ever regretted a decision that seemed absolutely right at the time? Here's a local example.In 1816, ...

A Los Angeles, California, filmmaker and former Rock Island resident is seeking to bring the stories of the 108th United States Colored Troops Infantry Regiment, who guarded Confederate prisoners at ...

Alcatraz Island has loomed large in the American consciousness for nearly a century as a brutal prison full of notorious criminals from which escape is nearly impossible. The San Francisco island ...