Tag Archives: transportation

Travel by Stagecoach: Read Beyond the Beaten Path

Posted on July 16, 2022 by SCblogger

With the arrival of the first stagecoach in 1837, the state of Iowa welcomed its second kind of public transportation after steamboats, which first began cruising the Upper Mississippi River in 1827. They carried mail, passengers, and their baggage. The … Continue reading →

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Davenport’s Transit Workers

Posted on September 2, 2016 by SCblogger

With the arrival of Labor Day this Monday, September 5th and Davenport’s CitiBus service in the news of late, we here at DPL’s Richardson Sloane Special Collections Center (the officially-designated archives for the City of Davenport) would like to highlight some of the information we … Continue reading →

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Ding, ding, ding, went the Trolleys . . .

Posted on June 22, 2009 by SCblogger

In our Special Collections Center, we have hanging on our wall an enormous double photograph showing the southern view from the corner of Third Street and Brady in 1938 and in 1952. The two photographs, separated by only 14 years, … Continue reading →

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