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The Vander Veer Botanical Park is a 33-acre (130,000 m2) botanical garden in the Vander Veer Park Historic District of Davenport, Iowa. It is believed to be one of the first botanical parks west of the Mississippi River.
Vander Veer Park was established in 1885. The city of Davenport purchased the land for $13.00 ($441 in 2024 dollars).[1][2] The park was built on the old Scott County Fairgrounds land and modeled after New York City’s Central Park.[2] Vander Veer was originally named Central Park. In 1912 the park was renamed after the first secretary of the Davenport Park Board of Comissioners, A.W. Vander Veer.[2]A conservatory, music pavilion, and decorative fountains were added after World War I.[2]
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- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Vander Veer Botanical Park". Quad City Memory. Retrieved 2008-01-18.