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The Trouble with Boulevards
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
17 is Enough — Maybe!
On November 3,1907, the Davenport Democrat & Leader newspaper published an article offering a prize to the largest family in Scott County. The newspaper believed that the contest would “bring out the fact that Scott leads the state in the matter of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conrad Dietz, Contest, Margaretha (Puck) Dietz, Photographs
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The Freaks and Follies of a Frontier Life II
Or, the finale to the slightly shady story of how Davenport became the county seat. Part Two: The Election(s) The 1837 legislature had made an effort to appoint county seats, but it was discovered that bribery had heavily influenced the nominations, so … Continue reading
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Tagged County Seat, Davenport (Iowa), Elections, Rockingham (Iowa), Scott County
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Holiday Closings — Sorry!
If you are visiting relatives in our area (or trying to get away from the ones who are visiting you) and want to do a little genealogy or local history research, please forgive us for being closed on these dates: December 23 … Continue reading
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The Freaks and Follies of Frontier Life
Or, the slightly shady, two-part story of how Davenport became the county seat. Part One: the Mystery of the Missing Townships If you take a look at the outline of Scott County, you’ll see that a township or two appears to … Continue reading
New Genealogical Resources!
In our neverending quest to acquire early vital records on microfilm for all the counties in Iowa, we have added county birth, marriage, and death records for Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Jackson, Union, and Louisa to our collections. In Iowa, birth … Continue reading
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
