Please let's not get an off-topic thread started, but to wrap this up, my guess is yes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Island_Line_%28song%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_Cities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois Mary At 06:33 PM 10/14/2010, you wrote: >Rather off topic, apologies, I wondered if the Rock Island there is the one >made famous by Lonnie Donegan/Johnny Cash's recordings: "The Rock Island >Line"? >Betty > > > > > > [H55] Alexander went to Rock Island High School. He then attended Mt. > > Morris College before he left for Edinburgh, Scotland to attend > > medical school....