Tag Archives: Bix 7 Road Race

The Barnard Lehrmann Memorial Road Race?

Posted on August 4, 2008 by swesson

As we all continue to recover from the Bix 7 Run,* it might be of interest to look back 150 years and a month back to another race that took place one Davenport summer—a race that was far more spontaneous and … Continue reading →

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A Double-Bix Weekend!

Posted on July 21, 2008 by swesson

Bix Beiderbecke, for those of you who don’t know, was a jazz genius, a coronet player who jammed with the likes of Hoagy Carmichael and played with the Jean GoldKette  Orchestra and the Paul Whitman Band.    When he died on … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with Boulevards

Posted on January 8, 2008 by swesson

While searching through a carton of 1895 Davenport City Council documents, we found a protest letter written to the council by a Mr. Jacob M. Eldridge.  It seems that the City of Davenport planned to run a landscaped boulevard down the center … Continue reading →

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