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Rock Island Lines

Washington, Iowa
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Robert Shields, through his industry, courage, and loyalty through every vicissitude, signally aided in the development of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway into a great transportation system devoted to the public service, and a memorial tree planted nearby was dedicated to him in affectionate memory on October 10.
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Washington, Iowa · United States

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