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Legislature tying our hands
Imagine for a moment there was a small brush fire creeping towards your house and you call 911 only to be told the fire department was not allowed to put out your fire. While this... — Updated 8/16/2023
History of Davenport's log schoolhouse
DAVENPORT - The small schoolhouse structure seen today outside Lincoln County Museums looks a bit different than it did originally but stands proudly on the museum grounds serving... — Updated 8/10/2023
Davenport's most famous visitor
DAVENPORT — As the city prepares to host an influx of visitors for Pioneer Days, one could consider it worthwhile to recall the most famous of visitors past. Along the same wavelength, a Davenport Elementary School teacher posed t... — Updated 7/20/2023
Pioneer judge meets pioneer pet
DAVENPORT--Several years ago, Davenport was home to a town pet in one friendly wild turkey. He walked into town as a stranger but over time became so well known that the people arou... — Updated 2/17/2022
History is just around the corner
DAVENPORT--We are all approaching the time of that seasonal "cooped up" feeling that visits when Old Man Winter arrives in town. You can choose to pass this time indoors to read a... — Updated 11/18/2021
Lincoln Hospital's honest Abe
DAVENPORT – With the recent opening of Lincoln Hospital's new medical clinic, area residents are once again reminded of how fortunate they are to have top notch medical care and pro... — Updated 8/24/2021
Local trees are rooted in history
DAVENPORT – A recent local Facebook post asked the question, "Why are so many people in Davenport cutting down trees?" That's a tough question to answer. Perhaps there's a valid r... — Updated 4/22/2021
Part 2: Jewelry heist strikes 1918 Davenport
Editor's Note: See the Feb. 18 issue of The Times for part 1 of this historical feature. As safecracker Edward Leroy Lucas laid dying in the Lincoln County Jail, he requested... — Updated 2/26/2021
Historical feature: Jewelry heist strikes 1918 Davenport
If there was ever a year in history that rivaled 2020's embrace for the rapture, it would have to be the year of 1918. It was a year that, like 2020, saw our country in the middle o... — Updated 2/18/2021
What's in a name anyway?
Names come in all shapes and sizes. Some people are named after ancestors who came before them, a special friend, or sometimes after a random item like a tree. They can be spelled... — Updated 12/17/2020
The story behind Bockemuehl Canyon
DAVENPORT-- As you drive north on Highway 25 from Davenport you’ll encounter beautiful fields of golden grain as you climb in elevation for many miles before descending down into a... — Updated 10/22/2020
Social distancing: A lesson learned from history
As a student of history, I often wonder what we have learned from historic events in our world. I personally don’t believe history truly repeats itself, but that doesn’t mean the... — Updated 4/23/2020
Early Davenport laws still on the books
Everywhere you look in our world you will find laws, or rules that shape the way we behave. Sometimes these rules are proactive in trying to prevent a problem that hasn’t h... — Updated 3/5/2020