DAVENPORT  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seat of See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott county, See also:

• IOWA

Iowa, U.S.A., on the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi See also:

• RIVER

river, opposite See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, with which it is connected by two See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges and by a See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry . It is the third largest city in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (1890) 26,872; (1900) 35,254, including 8479 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born (6111 See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German), and 19,230 of foreign parentage (13,294 German); (1905, state See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 39,797; (1910) 43,028 . Davenport is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, the Chicago, See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Iowa & Illinois (interurban), and the Davenport, Rock Island & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways; opposite the city is the western See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the Illinois and Mississippi, or Hennepin, See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal (which connects the Mississippi and Illinois See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers) . Davenport lies on the slope of a See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff affording extensive views of landscape and river scenery . In the city are an excellent public library, an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, several turn-halls and other German social organizations, the Iowa soldiers' orphans' See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown business See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, and several See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic institutions . Davenport is an episcopal see of the Roman Catholic and the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal churches . The city has a large See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce,and See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade by See also:

• WATER

water and See also:

• RAIL

rail in See also:

• COAL

coal and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, which are produced in the vicinity, is of See also:

• SPECIAL

special importance . With Rock Island and See also:

• MOLINE

Moline it forms one See also:

• GREAT

great commercial unit . Among Davenport's manufactures are the products of foundries and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine shops, and of flouring, grist and planing See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills; See also:

• GLUCOSE (from Gr. - twais, sweet)

glucose See also:

• SYRUP (0. Fr. ysserop, mod. sirop, Span. xarope, for axarope, Arab. al, the, and sharab, drink; cf. Sherbet " and " Shrub ")

syrup and products; locomotives, See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel cars and See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car parts, washing See also:

• MACHINES

machines, waggons, carriages, agricultural implements, buttons, See also:

• MACARONI (from dialectic Ital. maccare, to bruise or crush)

macaroni, crackers and brooms . The value of the See also:

• TOTAL

total factory product for 1905 was $13,695,978, an increase of 38'7% over that of 'goo .

Davenport was founded in 1835, under the leadership of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Davenport; it was incorporated as a See also:

• TOWN

town in 1838, and was chartered as a city in 1851 .