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The city has made great and rapid progress in its 

 industries, wealth and population. The education of 

 the young is well provided for. It has a high school 

 built at a cost of $65,000. Griswold College — Episco- 

 palian — occupies a very picturesque site, over-looking 

 the river. The Catholic College is in a retired and 

 quiet spot, surrounded by beautifully shaded grounds, 

 the buildings being elegant and commodious. The 

 churches are numerous, every denomination being 

 represented. Grace Church, the protestant Cathedral, 

 is a fine substantial edifice, erected at a cost of 

 $80,000. 



The Public Library on Brady street, founded by 

 Mrs. Clarissa Cook, a lady of wealth, is a highly prized 

 and flourishing institution. The Academy of Sciences 

 embraces a most valuable and unique collection of rare 

 curiosities, both ancient and modern, among others, 

 relics from tlie mounds of Iowa and adjoining States, 

 including skulls and skeletons of pre-historic man. 



The population of Davenport is now about 20,000. 

 On account of its being built on a declivity the drainage 

 is perfect. It is surrounded by a most fertile country 

 and possesses every element for the growth of a large 

 city. 



Recrossing the magnificent bridge spanning the river 

 between Davenport and the Illinois shores, I found 

 myself on Rock Island. The Island lies to the north 

 of the city, the latter not being located on the Island 

 but on the mainland of Illinois. Since 1804 the 

 Island proper has been the property of the United 

 States Government, although not occupied until 1812, 

 on the breaking out of the war with England. The 

 surface is very fertile, and coal and limestone are 



