Bold TextThe view from one of our many lookout points. In the distance there are two church steeples, the Centennial Bridge (one of four bridges connecting the state of Iowa to state of Illinois)
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The Crescent Railroad Bridge
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Brady Street Hill -
Home of the BIX 7 to honor Bix Beiderbecke , . The annual Bix 7 road race, started in 1975, has often been run by over 20,000 people. |
Another look at Brady Street. - This street is the dividing line between the East/West of my city.
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WOC is widely known as the radio station where future U.S. President Ronald Reagan got his start re-creating Chicago Cubs baseball games.[
WOC (which stands for "Wonders Of Chiropractic" or World Of Chiropractic") traces its roots to 1907, when Robert Karlowa began an experimental station in Rock Island, Illinois. The station was known under several callsigns now is KWQC |
The first chiropractic school in the world, Palmer College of Chiropractic is located just north of downtown
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Davenport Central High School (founded 1904 under the name Davenport High School) is a four-year high school in Davenport, Iowa. It offers over 200 courses in a four-block schedule, as well as a variety of extracurricular activities, clubs, and teams.
Famous graduates include football playing brothers Roger Craig ... But it is famous for Senor Lorio (my husband) retired after 34 years of teaching. |
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Nice photos. They make me homesick
brenjmfr · 2008-04-27: 17:11
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Nice to know you better with these pictures!!!
Frenchies · 2008-04-27: 17:18
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thanks for sharing !!! nice post !!! ;-)
sistatitoune · 2008-04-27: 17:21
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Very interesting. Congratulations to Larry for 35 years in education. I'm not sure if I will make it that long:)
ambersunsets · 2008-04-27: 17:57
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Thanks for sharing the photos and information. Great post!
cobaltbutterfly · 2008-04-27: 18:41
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very good. I enjoyed this post!!
abbeyh13 · 2008-04-27: 19:31
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Just out of curiosity.... are your roads made out of concrete?
CJLata · 2008-04-27: 20:07
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Some great hills in your town! It's so flat around here that that was the first thing that really struck me when I saw these. Nice shots, thanks so the tour!!
DancingDolphin · 2008-04-27: 20:36
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Gran set, gracias por enseñarnos un poco de tu ciudad. #3 mi favorita
AnadaAki · 2008-04-27: 20:55
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great set!
jwideman · 2008-04-27: 21:39
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..great set of pictures....thank you for sharing....
curlyq60 · 2008-04-27: 21:52
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very nice set !!
vterezia · 2008-04-28: 12:45
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Beautiful, I like number 4 a lot!
TIM927 · 2008-04-28: 15:09
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very very interesting set and so well presented ..congrats to Larry for 35 years !!woo hoo...!
Lindyart · 2008-04-28: 16:50
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#3 looks like an old postcard. Pretty cool. And Brady looks really steep from that angle. Oh, and I thought B.J. Palmer started WOC...learn something new every day. So what is Larry going to do for the next 34 yrs? Get a camera and start blogging?
oldbabe · 2008-04-28: 17:21
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What a great set , love the shot up Brady! nicely done.
picturemom · 2008-04-28: 19:31
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Thanks for sharing!!
Karibbean · 2008-04-28: 20:01
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Oh how I miss Iowa!!!! Love the shot of Brady St and of Central. There's no place like home
bamommy · 2008-04-28: 21:33
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Thanks for sharing your living place! I liked the visit ...
miclaud · 2008-04-29: 06:48
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nice set...now I know where you live...should have checked here first
dadlak · 2008-04-29: 14:21
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Great pictures. Keep up the good work
Hubby · 2008-04-29: 16:12
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Great shots. It's much larger than I thought! Interesting history, too!
PaperWings · 2008-04-30: 09:34
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Oh! many thanks for this visit! Really interesting! The crescent railroad bridge looks impressive!
Nayah · 2008-05-03: 03:04
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interesting set!
acididko · 2008-05-04: 13:59
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Great post - these are all such beautiful captures, but I think my favorites have to be 3 and 4! So interesting to read where other people are from! :) I might have to do something like this for my small town one time this summer!!
KerBear · 2008-05-11: 10:13
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