Davenport is the city beside the Mississippi River in Iowa. It is situated about 170 miles east of the Iowa state capitol of Des Moines and 170 miles west of Chicago Illinois. The city is located around 265 miles southeast of Minneapolis, Minnesota and 200 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri.
Davenport has two major universities, namely the Palmer College of Chiropractic and Saint Ambrose University. These schools are the home of wellness technique and chiropractic. Numerous famous annual music festivals occur in this region, including the Mississippi Valley Fair, the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival that is dedicated to their native Bix Beiderbecke.
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Iowa has a lot to offer to just about anyone. Whether you are thinking of relocating to Iowa, or if you are just looking to take a vacation somewhere new and interesting, Iowa is worth checking out. Iowa is a state full of opportunities and interest.
Living In Iowa
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Way back in the mid-1960’s, 1966 in fact, the state of Iowa entered into my consciousness. As a five year old at the time, it wasn’t much of a consciousness. All I really knew was Dad took a temporary job transfer and we’d be leaving Chicago to live in Iowa for a year.
Over the next 15 months, we made several long car trips to and from western Iowa to Chicago. I remember always wanting to see the Mississippi River from the big window of our station wagon.
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