IAGenWeb - Scott County

HISTORY

Annals Of Iowa

• An Industrial History of Scott County, Iowa ~ The Pioneer Period 1833-1865

A Glimpse of Iowa - 1846

• Scott Co, IA
• Prospects for Mechanics and Laborers

Davenport, Past and Present: ... by Franc B. Wilkie. Davenport: Luse, Lane & Co., 1858.

• Davenport, Past and Present History 1858 Contents

History of Scott Co., Iowa...Chicago: Inter-State Pub. Co., 1882.

• Chapter XX, History of the City of Davenport and Scott County Townships
• Dark Deeds
• Cholera
• Ferries
• Pioneer Life
• Chronology of Scott Co 1832-1881

Excerpts from "Down the Great River"  - 1892

• Down the Great River

History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa, by Harry E. Downer.
Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1910.

• Vol I Contents
• Vol II Biographies Contents

History of Long Grove, Iowa

• History of Long Grove, Iowa

A Raft Pilot's Log; A History of the Great Rafting Industry on the Upper Mississippi 1840-1915
by Capt. Walter A. Blair; Arthur H. Clark Co., 1930

• Table of Contents with links to Chapters

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOLK IN SCOTT COUNTY

• Background Index
• Stories of Mississippi River Folk
• River Folk Obits
• Princeton River Men
• Buffalo River Men

What's in a Name?

• Bloody Hollow Road
• Davie & Howell Streets
• College Avenue
• Origin of Several Street Names 
• Buttermilk Road
• Agnes Lane
• Belle Avenue
• CentralPark
• Denison Ave
• Border Street
• Various Origins of Street Names
• "First Things"-Davenport

Epidemics

• Cholera 1849
• Cholera 1873
• Smallpox 1900
• History of "The Grip"

Other History Info of Interest

• The Underground Railroad
• Scott County Century Farms
• Lost Towns of Scott Co, IA
• Dec. 22, 1900 Newspaper Article on Winfield Township
• Ladies’ Industrial Relief Society, 1900
• History of Davenport, Iowa 1917 Geschichte der Stadt (English Translation) Several Outlying Davenport Communities
• "Achievements of Iowa Clubwomen" - 1929
• Gold Rush
• Scott Co, IA Inventors
• 1900 Businesses
• Friendly House Pamphlet
• 1906 Notable Events
• Snippets
• July 20, 1924 "Home Edition" of Davenport Democrat
• Scott County Courthouse History
• Davenport Intermediate School History

Scott County, Iowa Items-Official Register

• Officers 1904 through 1916

Scott County, National Historical Register

• Hibernian Hall