Scott Co, Iowa IAGenWeb Project


HISTORY OF
SCOTT COUNTY
IOWA


Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational,
Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History;
Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens

HISTORY OF IOWA

Embracing accounts of the Pre Historic Races, Aborigines, French,
English and American conquests, and a general Review
of its Civil, Political and Military History

ILLUSTRATED
Chicago, Inter-State Publishing Co. 1882

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CHAPTER XX
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF DAVENPORT
 
PART I  
The Beginning Page 719
Incorporation Page 721
The Post Office Page 726
PART II
Religious Page 731
PART III  
Educational Page 748
School Buildings Page 752
Public Library Page 753
Mercy Hospital Page 755
Academy of Science Page 756
Scientific Society Page 759
Davenport Academy of Natural Science Page 759
Home for the Friendless Page 763
PART IV  
Secret and Benevolent Societies Page 764
PART V  
Banks Page 771
PART VI  
Manufactories Page 777
Mills Page 777
Davenport Produce Exchange Page 789
PART VII  
Street Railroads Page 790
Water Works Page 790
First Things in Davenport Page 792
   
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
& BIOGRAPHIES
 
Allen's Grove Township Page 934
Blue Grass Township Page 946
Buffalo Township Page 972
Butler Township Page 1019
Cleona Township Page 1038
Davenport Township Page 1048
Hickory Grove Township Page 1080
LeClaire Township Page 1096
Liberty Township Page 1149
Lincoln Township Page 1166
Pleasant Valley Township Page 1187
Princeton Township Page 1202
Rockingham Township Page 1227
Sheridan Township Page 1237
Winfield Township Page 1251

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