On January 3rd, 1856, the Mississippi & Missouri (M&M) steam engine – The Oskaloosa – rolled into Iowa City, pulling seven passenger cars filled with those who had boarded the C&RI train in Chicago the day before, arrived in Rock Island to spend the night, ferried across the Mississippi to Davenport the next morning, and finally, arriving in Iowa City in the late afternoon!
A Day-by-Day Calendar of Historical Events In Iowa, William J. Petersen, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1946, p 6
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