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The Mississippi & Missouri – Iowa’s First Railway System.
July 19, 1855 – The 25-ton Antoine Le Claire – the first locomotive to cross the Mississippi River – is transported to Davenport, Iowa via flatboat. The Le Claire cost $12,000 and was highly decorated with red wheels, and a bronze bust of Antoine Le Claire in base relief on the sand box with his name inscribed in gold letters.

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Marty & Sandy Boller – July 12, 1975 – 51 years of wedded bliss!

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July 5, 1909 – A picture-postcard postmarked on this day features a young couple canoeing on the Iowa River near the new Iowa City City Park. Back in the day, prior to Polaroid snapshots and phones with cameras, Penny Postcards were the best way for anyone to “take pictures” of places you’ve been. For 1-cent, you could mail a beautiful postcard that had a scenic picture on one side and room for a brief message on the other. Obviously, one of the more popular subjects chosen for postcards in Iowa City was the new City Park.

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