Hi Everyone. Today's trip is to Davenport, Iowa. It is a larger city
than we have been visiting, but there seems to be a lot of things
there to see.
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County,
Iowa, United States. It is the county seat of and largest city in
Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine
LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel
during the Black Hawk War stationed at nearby Fort Armstrong.
Davenport is on the border of Iowa and Illinois. The city is prone to
frequent flooding due to its location on the Mississippi River. There
are two main universities: Saint Ambrose University and Palmer College
of Chiropractic, which is where the first chiropractic adjustment took
place. Several annual music festivals take place in Davenport,
including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Mississippi
Valley Fair, and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival. The city
has a Class A minor league baseball team, the Quad Cities River
Bandits. Davenport has 27 parks and over 12 miles of recreational
paths for biking or walking.
The Davenport City Hall was built in 1895 for the meager price of $100,000
($2.81 million in 2013 dollars). Architectural journals of the time
poked fun at the project due to the small amount of money budgeted.
The skyline began forming in the 1920s with the building of the Kahl
Building, the Parker Building, and the Capitol Theatre during an
economic and building expansion.
After World War II, Oscar Mayer, Ralston Purina, and other companies built
plants in Davenport. The Interstate highway network was brought to
Davenport in 1956. By 1959 more than 1,000 homes a year were being
constructed. In recent years, many renovations and building additions
have occurred to revitalize the downtown area, including repairing
Modern Woodmen Park, the building of the Skybridge and the Figge Art Museum.
According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 99,685.
However, the city is currently appealing this figure, arguing that the
Census Bureau missed a section of residents that would place the total
population over 100,000, and even the Census Bureau's own estimate
for Davenport's 2011 population is 100,802.
Davenport is considered to have a humid continental climate. Summers are
very warm to hot with high levels of humidity. Winters have cold
temperatures and often high winds. January is on average the coldest
month, while July is the warmest. July is normally the rainiest month
with an average of 11.98 inches, with a yearly total of 47.42 inches
of rain. February is normally the snowiest month with an average of
20 inches, with a yearly total of 40 inches of snow.
Davenport's city nickname is "Iowa's Front Porch." The city motto
is "Working Together To Serve You." The people are known
as "Davenporters."
I hope you enjoy this trip to Davenport, Iowa.
~Marsha~
With the help of Colleen
MAP
WELCOME!
DOWNTOWN
CITY HALL
CENTENNIAL BRIDGE
CRESCENT BRIDGE
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS BRIDGE SWINGS OPEN INSTEAD OF UP AND DOWN LIKE
A DRAW BRIDGE
CRI & P VIADUCT
TRUCK EATING BRIDGE
BLACKHAWK HOTEL
FIGGE ART MUSEUM
JC SCHRICKER
IOWA'S SOLDIER'S ORPHAN HOUSE
COL BALLROOM
GRANDVIEW MANSION
ST. VINCENT CENTER
SHARON HOUSE
VANDER VEER PARK
DAVENPORT HOTEL
CENRAL HIGH SCHOOL
SKATE PARK
PUTNAM MUSEUM AND IMAX THEATER
THE 2008 FLOOD
JUNIOR THEATRE
SACRED HEART RECTORY
SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL
SAINT JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CASINO BOAT
JOHN O'DONNELL STADIUM
NESTLE-PURINA COMPANY
ST. AMBROSE UNIVERSITY
PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC
ARGYLE FLATS
BEIDERBECKE INN
SCOTT COUNTY COURTHOUSE
SCOTT COUNTY JAIL
HILLSIDE
DILLON MEMORIAL
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
ALONG THE RIVER
SKYWALK
RENWICK MANSION
FRENCH & HECHT
1916 HOME
SCENERY
HOUSES FOR SALE
