Closed for Memorial Day
The Davenport Public Library will be closed
Monday, May 27, 2013
For Memorial Day
We will reopen on Tuesday, May 28, at 9:30.
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If At First You Don’t Know . . .
Sometimes all it takes is one misprint to throw our sense of history off for over 131 years. For at least that long, it was believed that George Colt was the first City Marshal of Davenport. This was reinforced by … Continue reading
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Tagged City Council, City Marshal, George Colt, Iowa Sun, Just Shelved, Primary Sources, Research, W. H. Patton
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