Inmate crews help build Fort Madison replica in Fort Madison
Inmates at Iowa State Penitentiary join a community project to reconstruct Fort Madison begun in 1808. About 34 cents an hour is paid, and the effort aims to honor the fort and local history with seven buildings near Riverview Park. The project is roughly 75 percent complete and slated to finish next summer.
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Civil War Muster Returns to Davenport at Lindsay Park
In East Davenport the 15th annual Civil War Muster and Mercantile Exposition unfolds September 17 and 18 at Lindsay Park with Union Blue and Confederate Gray reenactments the Battle of Chickamauga. A Ladies Tea and Fashion Show and a Constitution bicentennial tribute accompany the event. Admission buttons cost 2.50 in advance, 3.50 at the gate.
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Housing project eyed for Mount Pleasant site
Plans for a 38 home subdivision on a 14 acre Mount Pleasant site were unveiled last week. The development could boost the city tax base by about 3 million dollars.
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