Davenport
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Other Name: -, District: Iowa, State: Mid West, United States of America
Area: 64.9 square miles
Languages Spoken: English
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Davenport is a city along the Mississippi River in the American state of Iowa.Davenport is part of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring Bettendorf and the Illinois cities of Moline, East Moline and Rock Island. Davenport is the county seat of Scott County.The Figge Art Museum was founded as the nation''''s first municipal art museum.Several well-known annual music festivals take place in Davenport. Notable festivals include the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Mississippi Valley Fair, and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, dedicated to Davenport native Bix Beiderbecke. An internationally known seven-mile (11 km) foot race called the Bix 7 is run during the festival.Downtown Davenport has many points of interest including the Davenport Public Library, the Davenport Skybridge, Figge Art Museum, River Music Experience, Putnam Museum and IMAX Theater, Modern Woodmen Park which is home of the Quad City River Bandits baseball team and the Centennial Bridge.Several Davenport cultural and educational institutions figure prominently in the history of the United States, particularly west of the Mississippi river.Location
Davenport is located approximately 170 miles west of Chicago, Illinois and 170 miles east of the Iowa state capital, Des Moines.Climate
humid continental climate
This is one of the homesteads of the Cody family, built of stone in 1847 by Buffalo Bill''s father. View restored home, stagecoach and buffalo herd.
You will find Regional, Haitian, Mexican Colonial, American and contemporary art collections, along with an extensive traveling exhibit schedule. On site you will also find a children''s center and a museum store.
This 48-lane bowling center offers automatic scoring. A lounge, dance floor, game room, and three banquet rooms are also offered.
This annual six-day county fair features major grandstand concerts, carnival rides, attractions, food vendors, and much more.
You''ll find Quad Cities'' largest collection of lilacs at this beautiful garden park, as well as many perennials and annuals.
This historic botanical park offers a conservatory and growing house, outdoor gardens and fountains, and sculpture. It is the largest public rose garden in the Quad Cities.