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Mississippi Ice Jam
This slow-moving crush of winter river ice was photographed from the Rock Island Arsenal in 1921.
According to newspaper accounts, these types of ice jams could take months to clear--just in time for the spring floods!
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Davenporters of Note : Florizel Reuter
“…a sunny faced, natural child without the least trace of spoiling by all the attention he has received.” (Davenport Sunday Democrat, 15Sept1895, page 1) Born in 1890 to parents Jacob and Grace Rueter, Davenport’s curly haired charmer Florizel Reuter … Continue reading