Tag Archives: Davenport High School Blackhawk Yearbook

Win for the Red and Blue: Davenport High School’s 1929 Basketball Championship

Posted on March 11, 2023 by SCblogger

March Madness is fast approaching and local high school basketball teams are fighting to get to the state tournament. The first boys’ basketball team to win a state tournament for Davenport High School (now Central High School) was in 1913. … Continue reading →

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San Fran 49er Fan – Iowa Connections   

Posted on January 28, 2023 by SCblogger

If you watched last weekend’s NFL Divisional playoffs, you probably saw some Iowans in action! Did you know that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, “Mr. Irrelevant”,  was a very successful quarterback at Iowa State University? He seems pretty relevant … Continue reading →

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Aiming for Success: Davenport High School Girls’ Rifle Club

Posted on March 3, 2016 by SCblogger

In March of 1927, 10 girls from Davenport High School formed the Girls’ Rifle Club. Under the direction of Mrs. F. C. Strohbehn, they practiced for a year at a shooting range located in the basement of the closed Adams School, 7th … Continue reading →

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A Davenport First: Green River Soda

Posted on April 11, 2013 by SCblogger

 As we wait (im)patiently in our department for winter to bloom into spring, we linger a little longer over the warm weather pictures and the senior yearbooks we pull for patrons. And sometimes our lingering leads to a blog topic—especially … Continue reading →

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