Tag Archives: Davenport City Council Papers

National Handwriting Day: January 23, 2020

Posted on January 23, 2020 by SCblogger

To celebrate National Handwriting Day, we thought we would share handwriting samples from the early years of the City of Davenport. Not only are handwritten documents from the city historically important, but we enjoy the different styles of handwriting shown … Continue reading →

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Cholera Scare of 1873

Posted on February 4, 2019 by SCblogger

Cholera was not a new visitor to Davenport in 1873. A few short years before in 1866, Davenport suffered from an outbreak of cholera. The spread of cholera, as mysterious as it was at the time, has a simple explanation: … Continue reading →

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Marshal-ing our Resources

Posted on March 28, 2013 by SCblogger

Recently, we explained how we uncovered that the man we—and everyone else—had thought was the first City Marshal of Davenport . . . wasn’t. But this had us researching what the City Marshal—a position that no longer exists—originally did, and when he stopped … Continue reading →

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