09 Jun 2009

Scott County Historic Preservation Society

By Robert Jackson Jr.

Join Scott County Historic Preservation Society (SCHPS) for our June 11th meeting as Karen Anderson recounts "Patriots of the Prairies".

Hear about local people who where involved in the Civil War, the abolitionist movement, Supreme Court batle over Dred Scott and a local farmer's fight at the 1860 Chicago Republican Convention.

This meeting is open to the public free of charge.

Please join us on June 11, 2009 at 7pm at the Antoine LeClaire House, 630 East 7th Street in Davenport, Iowa.

Keep July 9th open for an evening tour at the Renwick Mansion.

For more information, please contact Duane Timm at bigdaddydtimm@yahoo.com or you may call 563-323-4077.

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