Davenport

city, Iowa, United States
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Davenport, city, seat (1838) of Scott county, eastern Iowa, U.S. It lies on the north bank of the Mississippi River and is the largest of the Quad Cities, an urban complex that includes neighbouring Bettendorf to the east and Moline and Rock Island across the river in Illinois. Credit Island, now a park, was a battlefield in the War of 1812; Fort Armstrong (restored) was established on Rock Island in 1816. Fox (Sauk and Mesquakie) Indians inhabited the region in the early 19th century. Antoine LeClaire acquired the site—originally called (its Native American name) Oskosh and later Morgan—after the treaty ...(100 of 280 words)