John Willard

And of the Remedies by and Against Them, in Surrogates' Courts of the State of New York, Together with an Account of the Jurisdiction and Practice of Those Courts in the Admeasurement of Dower

A Treatise on the Law of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians

With an Appendix of Forms of Conveyancing, and Notes: Adapted to the Law of the State of New York

A Treatise on the Law of Real Estate, and of the Mode of Alienation Thereof

Rich Johnson

Mary Louise Speer

The city of Davenport traces its beginnings to an 1832 treaty signed by Chief Keokuk of the Sauk Indians, which transferred a fifty-mile strip of land along the Mississippi River from the Yellow River in the north to the Des Moines River in the south. Over the past 168 years, the resultant city has evolved from a frontier outpost to a premier gateway to the West, a commercial powerhouse on a prime river location to a Midwestern banking and financial center. This pictorial history documents the transformation of the city through more than 200 vintage photographs. Davenport was a major entrance to the West, as well as a destination itself during the 19th century. Pioneer families and immigrants alike found a haven in the rapidly growing city, and they founded department stores, construction companies, breweries, banks, and churches. Germans, Irish, Swedes, Hungarians, and African Americans all brought cultural traditions and ideas that contributed to the flavor of the city. The Great Depression, two world wars, and the economy's conversion from agriculture to commerce also delineated the boundaries of Davenport as we know it today.

Jewel of the Mississippi

Davenport

A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence

John Willard

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