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Tag Archives: Mississippi River
Living Memory History: The Flood of ’93
The last 1.32 inches of rain that fell in two hours on Thursday, July 8, 1993 helped put 1993 into local history record books. It was the year the Mississippi River once again rose to challenge – and then pass … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993 Flood, Centennial Bridge, Davenport Police Historic Association, Floods, John O'Donnell Stadium, LeClaire Bandshell, LeClaire Park, Mississippi River, Modern Woodmen Park, President Riverboat Casino, Stanley Talbot Memorial Bridge, The Dock Restaurant, Top Ten Floods, Union Station, W. D. Petersen Memorial Pavilion
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Getting Our Feet Wet: The flood of September 2016? *Updated 10/06/2016
The first day of autumn 2016 came with surprising news for those of us who haven’t been focused on the weather. Yes, a Mississippi River flood watch has been issued for the upcoming days at Lock and Dam 15. September is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1965 Flood, 2016 Flood, Floods, Mississippi River, weather
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Riepe & Pratt’s: Swimming 1862 style
As the heat of summer continues to warm most us to unpleasant levels; we decided to take a look back on ways Davenporters have kept cool in the past. We were excited to come across this advertisement for Riepe & Pratt’s … Continue reading
Just Skating By . . .
The river frequently froze over smooth, and made wonderful skating, particularly distance skating. A favorite stunt was to skate from Davenport downstream as far as Rock River—a matter of five or six miles. Sometimes, if there happened to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Kunkel, Ice Skating, Mississippi River, Vander Veer Botanical Park, Winter
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A History Mystery Solved: The Disappearance of the Lindsay Lagoon
Once upon a time, there was a Mississippi River lagoon in the area near Lindsay Park Marina in the Village of East Davenport. The lagoon was used for swimming and fishing. Pretty nice place, from what we hear. It’s not … Continue reading
Flood of Images: the West End Perspective
As we keep a watchful eye on the river levels around here, it might be interesting to look back at the last few times it rose up to shake hands with Davenport. Here are a some of our favorite flooding … Continue reading
Riverboats We Have Known: The W.J. Quinlan
After something of a delay, it’s finally looking like spring in the Quad-Cities: the weather is warmer, the boats are on the Mississippi . . . and the orange construction barrels are in full bloom. The promise of bridge delays … Continue reading
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Tagged ferryboats, Local History, Mississippi River, riverboats, transporation, W. J. Quinlan
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Bridge Appreciation and the Diary of Benjamin F. Gue
While walking my dog along the Duck Creek Bike Path recently, I stopped on the little bridge that crosses the creek near our house and listened to the ice creaking and cracking as it was thawing. That brought to my … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin F. Gue, Davenport, Diaries, Iowa, Local History, Mississippi River, Primary Sources
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