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John Christopher Lujack Jr. [1] (/ ˈ l uː dʒ æ k /; [2] January 4, 1925 – July 25, 2023) was an American football quarterback and safety. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish , winning the Heisman Trophy in 1947.
Davenport licensed prostitution in 1893, gambling in 1904, and failed to enforce Iowa prohibition laws during this period. [2] A crusade against vice by Davenport's Catholic bishop, Henry Cosgrove, and reforms by state leaders led to the district's transformation in the early 20th century into a light industrial area. The city's automobile ...
Location of Davenport in Scott County and Scott County's location in the state of Iowa. This is a list of the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The historic preservation movement began in the city of Davenport in the mid-1970s with the renovation of several historic structures.
The properties are distributed across all parts of Davenport. For the purposes of this list, the city is split into three regions: East Davenport, which includes all of the city east of Brady Street (U.S. Route 61) and north of 5th Street; Downtown Davenport, which includes all of the city south of 5th Street from Marquette Street east to the intersection of River Drive (U.S. Route 67) and 4th ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. Downtown Davenport is defined as being all of the city south of 5th Street from Marquette Street east to the intersection of River Drive (U.S. Route 67) and East 4th Street. The locations ...
Police have identified the person who died in a Davenport car chase this past Sunday as a 20-year-old man from Illinois.. The driver, who was operating a 2011 Nissan Maxima shortly after midnight ...
Davenport was founded in 1836 on land along the Mississippi River that was part of the Black Hawk Purchase, a 40-to-50-mile (64 to 80 km) tract of land in what is now eastern Iowa. [2] It was platted by land company stockholders that included George Davenport , a merchant and trader at Fort Armstrong and the city's namesake, and Antoine ...
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