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Le Claire
Davenport, Iowa was established in 1836 by Antoine __ ______.
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He was murdered.
Colonel George Davenport died on the 4th of July in 1845. How did he die?
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Sudlow (Phebe)
A Davenport woman was the appointed the first female high school principal in the nation. She was subsequently appointed as the first female superintendent of a public school in the US and the first female professor at the University of Iowa. What was her name?
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The Annie Wittenmyer Home
Hundreds of Iowa children were left homeless by the Civil War. On November 16, 1865, the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home was opened and later renamed as... (had some pretty good fireworks growing up)
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