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No fear back then? These people went for a stroll on the Mississippi #TBT

This morning we’re taking a look back at the days gone by here in the Quad Cities. We start off with a Christmas display in downtown Davenport. “Par...
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And way back in 1909, downriver in Buffalo, Iowa, dozens of people are seen ice skating on the Mississippi River. This vantage point shows what it looked like looking up the embankment, across the river into the town. I wonder if those two houses are still standing today!

-Meteorologist Eric Sorensen

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