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When did Davenport's Figge Art Museum open?

 The Figge Art Museum opened at its new home on the banks of the Mississippi River in August 2005. The 114,000-square-foot facility was designed by British architect David Chipperfield.

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What’s the oldest residence in the Quad Cities?

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When the 8th U.S. Infantry built Fort Armstrong in 1816, its mission was to establish the presence of the federal government in the region and provide protection for settlers attracted to the wild, rich land.

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How long is the Crescent Bridge?

This steel truss railroad bridge is called the Crescent Bridge because of the graceful curve it strikes as it extends outward over the river from the Rock Island. It was opened on January 6, 1900, just three years after the completion of the other railroad bridge in the Quad Cities, the Government Bridge, located about a mile and a half upstream from here.

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Which U.S. president was memorialized at Davenport’s Camp McClellan?

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How did Stubbs Eddy get his name?

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Captain James R. Stubbs was one of Davenport’s early eccentrics. He lived in a cave close to an eddy in the river near the Lindsay Park Yacht Club. His peculiarities grew in notoriety until his cave home came to be called Stubbs Eddy.

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