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0 3 6 9 12 15 18 Quad Cities, Illinois and Iowa APPROXIMATE MILEAGE Buffalo, less than 10 miles downstream from Davenport, Bicycles are available to rent at the QC Experience, a tribute to music with Mississippi River in 1856 with assistance from railroad lawyer Abraham with magniﬁcent views of the river. The Channel Cat Water elcome to RiverWay – the Quad Cities’ scenic was home to the pearl button industry in the late 1800’s. Convention and Visitors’ Center in Union Station, roots. And, just downstream of Centennial Bridge Lincoln. A log trestle from the original bridge, dating back Taxi dock is in lower Lindsay Park. Wstretch of the Mississippi River with 65 miles of Mussels were harvested locally and elsewhere, then downtown Davenport, during the summer months. is Centennial Park with its river-themed, interactive to the 1800’s, still stands in the village. riverside parks, trails and overlooks between the river bluffs. shipped to Buffalo, where buttons and button blanks were Nearby is the newly renovated John O’Donnell Stadium children’s playground. At the start of the Civil War, a Union training camp A trail extension to Bettendorf links the Davenport Enjoy America’s most famous river by walking or biking along punched out. The town boasted eight button factories, the (home of the professional baseball team, The Swing of – Camp McClellan – was built in the village. creation trail. trail from the Village of East Davenport to Leach ront re verf largest of which was the Hawkeye Button Factory, located the Quad Cities), the new Figge Art Museum (designed The Village of East Davenport is an historic area The area contains architectural styles from rt ri Park (12th and State Streets, Bettendorf) its paved riverfront trails. po en on Second Street. by London architect David Chipperfield), the ‘Skybridge’ established in 1851 as a hub for sawmills fed by logging “frontier” to “Colonial Revival.” The site av one mile to the east (upstream). This The provides a scenic and D with its great riverfront overlook, and the River Music of northern forests. The ﬁrst bridge span across the of Camp McClellan is now Lindsay Park section provides a very scenic walking/ convenient way to cross the river during summer months Davenport’s Riverfront Trail along Mississippi River Mississippi River was built a short distance downstream biking route with views of the Rock with docksCHANNEL at Davenport’s CAT WATER Lower TAXI Lindsay Park, Moline’s Ben begins at Credit Island. Enjoy a 3-mile round trip of erfron f Riv t Tra Island Arsenal, the Twin Bridges (I-74) Butterworth Parkway, The Quarter in East Moline and the Isle the island, home to a city-owned golf course and the life- or il nd and the Davenport skyline. like sculptures which recreate Georges Seurat’s “Sunday � �� of Capri Marina in Bettendorf. Bicycles are welcome aboard n �� e � w t � o � t t �� Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” painting. The n �� s �� e �� vil' Gle

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