Tag Archives: George L’oste Davenport

A L’oste Davenport Vineyard is Found Again

Posted on June 3, 2017 by SCblogger

When we learned this week from Jack Cullen’s article in the Quad-City Times that a local couple was “reviving a piece of the past” by installing grape vines on the same site as George L’oste Davenport’s Clifton Vineyard, active in the 1870’s, we were prompted … Continue reading →

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Ode to Oakdale

Posted on August 31, 2009 by SCblogger

 One of the difficulties in locating death records in Iowa is that they did not exist prior to 1880.* This means that roughly fifty years worth of ancestors passed away in our state without leaving behind that vital (if you’ll pardon … Continue reading →

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