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Photograph of the railroad yard in Silvis, Illinois, the location of the Mexican settlement "La Yarda."
Photograph of the railroad yard in Silvis, Illinois, where many families lived. At its peak, around 400 Mexicans lived in three adjacent areas within the Rock Island railroad yards in Silvis in the Mexican settlement known as La Yarda. The first two…
Map of El Cometa barrio, Fort Madison, Iowa
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Fort Madison Iowa showing "Mexican Shanty Town," or the barrio known as "El Cometa," located in the Santa Fe Railroad Yard.
Photograph of Adeline "Aunt Tiny" Adams Rowlett
Photograph of Adeline "Aunt Tiny" Adams Rowlett standing with little boy near the boxcars in Holy City barrio, ca. 1928.
Photograph of Richard, John, and Estefania Rodriguez
From left, Richard (3 yrs.), John (4 yrs.), and Estefania Rodriguez (5 yrs.) in front of their boxcar home in Holy City, Bettendorf, Iowa, ca. 1928.
Norberto "Albert" Rodriguez and Estefania Rodriguezin Holy City barrio, Bettendorf.
Norberto "Albert" Rodriguez holding daughter Estefania near the boxcars at Holy City, Bettendorf, Iowa, 1925
Three maps of Holy City barrio in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Between the 1910s and 1940s, the Holy City barrio was home to many Mexicans who worked in the foundries of the Bettendorf Car Company and Zimmerman Steel Company
Cook's Point barrio floods
Mississippi River flooding Cook's Point homes, ca. 1945.
Maria Mercedes Aguilera
Maria Mercedes Aguilera stands by the family car dressed for First Holy Communion, Cook's Point, 1940s.
Cook's Point economic survey report, 1963
A 14-page document including historical background of Mexican Americans from Davenport, IA and the results of a survey given to residents of Cook’s Point, an area within the southwestern city limits of Davenport primarily inhabited by families of…