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Mississippi Is 'The Life' - Southwest Iowans Seem At Home With River . . . July 29, 1962
Ol' Swimming Hole . . . in Wild Cat Den State Park between Davenport and Muscatine is formed by a dam built in 1832. The building, Pine Creek Mill, went to work in 1850.
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
The Founding . . . of a home for Iowa soldiers' orphans was one of the goals of Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk. She was known as a "battlefield angel" during the Civil War.
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
Celebrating Its Centennial . . . in 1965, this is how the Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport appeared. The home was founded in 1865 as a home for Civil Wal soldiers' orphans. Two of its famous graduates included Billy Sunday and Wayne King. The…