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A Beautiful Place: A Letter about Davenport of July 1842
This newsy July 1842 letter addressed to “Aunt” Elizabeth B. Langdon from Ellen Harris describes her ten-day journey along the Ohio River, then to the mighty Mississippi River as Ellen, husband William, her mother, and perhaps other family made their … Continue reading
Becoming Iowa: Upper Mississippi: A Wilderness Saga by Walter Havighurst
2021 marks the 175th anniversary of Iowa’s statehood. On December 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th state admitted into the Union. Commemorative publications, programs, and other events are planned by the Iowa Department of Culture Affairs and communities across the … Continue reading
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Tagged #iowa175, authors, books, illustrations, illustrators, Iowa History, Mississippi River
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#ColorOurCollections Week Featured Artist: Mary Costello
This week marks another #ColorOurCollections Week. We are pleased to offer the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center’s Coloring Book Volume 3: From the Mayflower to the Lock & Dam. This volume celebrates the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges, Mary Costello, Marycrest College, Mississippi River, university of Iowa
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Living Memory History: The Flood of ’93
The last 1.32 inches of rain that fell in two hours on Thursday, July 8, 1993 helped put 1993 into local history record books. It was the year the Mississippi River once again rose to challenge – and then pass … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993 Flood, Centennial Bridge, Davenport Police Historic Association, Floods, John O'Donnell Stadium, LeClaire Bandshell, LeClaire Park, Mississippi River, Modern Woodmen Park, President Riverboat Casino, Stanley Talbot Memorial Bridge, The Dock Restaurant, Top Ten Floods, Union Station, W. D. Petersen Memorial Pavilion
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Getting Our Feet Wet: The flood of September 2016? *Updated 10/06/2016
The first day of autumn 2016 came with surprising news for those of us who haven’t been focused on the weather. Yes, a Mississippi River flood watch has been issued for the upcoming days at Lock and Dam 15. September is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1965 Flood, 2016 Flood, Floods, Mississippi River, weather
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Riepe & Pratt’s: Swimming 1862 style
As the heat of summer continues to warm most us to unpleasant levels; we decided to take a look back on ways Davenporters have kept cool in the past. We were excited to come across this advertisement for Riepe & Pratt’s … Continue reading
Just Skating By . . .
The river frequently froze over smooth, and made wonderful skating, particularly distance skating. A favorite stunt was to skate from Davenport downstream as far as Rock River—a matter of five or six miles. Sometimes, if there happened to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Kunkel, Ice Skating, Mississippi River, Vander Veer Botanical Park, Winter
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