Follow us on Instagram!
Tag Archives: Winter
40th Anniversary of the Blizzard of January 1979
This blog could easily have been titled “40th Anniversary of the Winter of 1978 – 1979: The winter that would not end“. We are sure if felt that way to many people in the Quad Cities. In 2009, we wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged Blizzard, Blizzard of 1979, January 1979, Record Weather, weather, Winter
Leave a comment
Fun in the Snow, 1960’s Style
Happy New Year from the staff at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center! These images from our Davenport Parks and Recreation Department collection show locals enjoying winter weather apparently not as harsh as that of January 2018! The photographs were taken … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged Davenport Parks and Recreation, Duck Creek Park, Fejervary Park, Parks, Skiing, Sledding, snow, Winter
Leave a comment
Living Memory History: The Winter of 2013-2014
We decided to blog this week about the weather because after a winter of freezing cold and permanent snow . . . it’s still cold and still snowing. And while that makes us a little sad, we thought it was … 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
Posted in Local History
Tagged Edward Kunkel, Ice Skating, Mississippi River, Vander Veer Botanical Park, Winter
Leave a comment
Heat Wave: 1936
Just as the Mississippi River is beginning to recede and festivals appear on our riverfront, we suddenly have a new weather focus – summer temperatures. The warmth of July is suddenly here and July warmth will soon melt into the … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged 1936, August 1936, Davenport Centennial, Heat Wave, July 1936, Record Cold, Record heat, Summer, Winter
3 Comments
