October 20 Celebrate History! 30 years of the Special Collections Center at the Davenport Public Library!

Join Jim Jacobsen of History Pays! Historic Preservation Firm for his 2:45 presentation on the Civil War Rendezvous Camps of Davenport including Camps McClellan, Kearney, Jo Holt, Hendershott, Herron, and Roberts/Kinsman. Utilizing maps, drawings and meticulous research, Jacobsen ties together the personnel who gathered, the barracks they gathered in, the Sioux Indian prisoners held captive and the significance of each to the Civil War. Come for this presentation or for the whole day! Doors open 9:30 a.m. with programming all day long.