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LeClaire, Iowa, is also home base for the History Channel’s “American Pickers,” and Mike Wolfe’s store Antique Archaeology.
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Main wheel & brake Main wheel & brake Main wheel & brake Nose wheel
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Another interesting aviation connection hangs in the atrium at Quad Cities International Airport (KMLI): a restored 1928 Velie Monocoupe. A Davenport-based company operated by John Deere descendants first purchased a company that developed airplane motors and eventually bought the company that had been manufacturing the Monocoupe.
It’s hard to miss the influences of John Deere in this area – both the blacksmith who developed the first commercially successful, self- scouring steel plow in 1837 and the company he started and moved to Moline in 1848 for river and railroad access. Deere & Co. still has its world headquarters in Moline; visitors can see and climb in new and vintage equipment while learning more about the company history and evolution through interactive and immersive exhibits at the free John Deere Pavilion.
Plan your trip: VisitQuadCities. com
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