The township extends south from the corporate limits of the City of Rock Island to the north shore of the Rock River . At one time it was one of the most desirable parts of the county to live.

Black Hawks Watchtower was a prominent point in the township, rising almost perpendicular some two hundred feet above the level of the Rock River and from there Blackhawk could look out over miles and miles of land and seventeen miles of Rock River Valley for his enemies  

Agriculturally, this township is very fertile, much of it being devoted to the raising of fruit and vegetables. Three-fourths of the vegetables consumed in the cities of Rock Island, Moline and Davenport. known as the tri-cities, with a population of over 100,000. are grown in this township.

The next greatest industry is the manufacture of common and pressed brick, which was begun in the early thirties, and has supplied the great part of the brick used in the tri-cities ever since. Large quantities of the product have been shipped to outside markets.

Another important industry is the growing of flowers and winter vegetables in hot houses, their being eight large plants of this kind within the township.

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