History of Davenport, Iowa, USA

Davenport, a flourishing city, capital of Scott county, Iowa, is finely situated on the Mississippi river, at the foot of the upper rapids, opposite the town of Rock Island, 330 miles above St. Louis, and 60 miles E. from Iowa City. It has advantages which indicate that it will continue to grow in ex tent and importance. Its prosperity is in creased by the certainty of a connection with the East by means of the Chicago and Rock Island railroad, commenced in 1851. An other railroad is projected from this point to the Missouri river. During low water the navigation is obstructed by the rapids, which extend 20 miles above this place. The project of bridging the " great river" at this point is exciting considerable attention. Two or three newspapers are published here. Stone coal is so abundant and cheap in the vicinity, that steam-power is chiefly used for manufacturing purposes. Davenport is built at the foot of a bluff, which rises gradually from the river, with a chain of rounded...

Davenport, a flourishing city of Iowa, and the capital of Scott co., is pleasantly situated on the N. bank of the Mississippi River, at the foot of the upper rapids, about 335 miles above St. Louis. It is 70 miles (direct) S. of Dubuque, and 183 miles by railroad W. by S. of Chicago. It is the S. terminus of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail road, and is on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Other railroads terminating on the E. bank of the river connect it at the city of Rock Island with the Eastern cities. It is built partly on the slope and top of a bluff, which is moderately steep, and commands extensive and beautiful views of the river and Rock Island. This island, which belongs to the United States and is the site of a United States arsenal and military headquarters, is about 3 miles long, and is diversified with beautiful scenery, and embellished with several costly structures built by the Federal government. A grand wrought-iron bridge, for railroad trains and...

...Coldest Of The Winter.
Davenport, Ia., Feb. 9. - Last night was the coldest of the winter, a fitting climax to three weeks of as cold weather as was ever known here. The signal service reported 21 below zero, private thermometers registering as low as 26. There was little moderation today...

Davenport, Iowa - August 19 - An explosion of dust knocked out two walls of the elevator of the Davenport Sirup Refinery to day.

John RAPP and John RAHN, two men in the cupola, were forced to jump sixty feet and were badly injured.

Wm. WOLF, a farmer, was fatally crushed, and his seven year old daughter was killed.

Frank STEVENS was also injured. The building took fire and was destroyed.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 21. - P. J. Kiley, of Boston, Mass., was run over by a train here today and killed. With his wife, he was returning to Boston from St. Elmo, Calif. As their train came to a stop here they alighted for a few moments. When the train started up Mrs. Kiley boarded the train safely but Kiley was struck by a projecting girder and thrown under the wheels.

Davenport, a city of Iowa, the capital of Scott co., is pleasantly situated on the NW. bank of the Mississippi River, at the foot of the upper rapids, about 335 miles above St. Louis. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chicago, Rook Island and Pacific and other railroads, 183 miles W. by S. of Chicago. It is built partly on the slope and top of a bluff, which is moderately steep, and commands extensive and beautiful views of the river and Rook Island. This island, which belongs to the United States and is the site of a United States arsenal and military head-quarters, is about 3 miles long, and is diversified by beautiful scenery and embellished with several costly structures built by the Federal government. A railroad and wagon bridge unites it with Davenport.

Davenport (which is a Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopal see) contains a court-house, city-hall, opera- houses, high- and normal-schools, several Catholic institutions for advanced learning (Academy of...