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Title: Boat on Crane Creek, Alpha, Iowa, Crane Creek
Description: Tour boat on Crane Creek near Alpha, Iowa. Alpha was founded in 1871. It was named Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, because it was the first community on Crane Creek. Number 7081. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14276

Title: Boaters on the Floyd River, Alton, Iowa, Souvenir of Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking at boaters enjoying a day on the Floyd River. The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 112 long in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1910 postmark. Number B1101A1. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13649

Title: Lindsay Park Boat Harbor, Davenport, Iowa
Description: Looking east at a number of boats moored at the harbor on the Mississippi River. The Lindsay Park Boat Harbor (now called the Lindsay Park Yacht Club) was authorized in 1950 as a feature of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-foot Channel Project to accommodate recreational vessels and other small craft. It is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River near the upstream limits of Davenport, about 1.2 miles upstream from Lock and Dam No. 15. It consists of a rock breakwater enclosure to accommodate 200 resident craft plus transient craft. The harbor depth is five feet. The harbor was built in 1961 at a federal cost of $262,100. Number 39817-B.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:16961