Chapter 10 cont. LECLAIRE. The leading town of LeClaire township is LeClaire.  It has a population of about 800.  It is situated about fifteen miles north of Davenport on the Mississippi river, directly opposite Port Byron, Illinois.  It has good railroad facilities on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Illinois and Iowa Interurban railways; also passenger steamers on the Mississippi furnish the town with transportation and freight service.  It has a graded school, employing five teachers, and is considered one of the best in the county.  The Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian and Bapist churches have beautiful and large edifices.  Here is the LeClaire stone quarry on the north edge of the town which employs a number of men.  LeClaire has a flourishing bank; a newspaper - the LeClaire Advance; six general stores; two meat markets; a hardware store; a drug store; three physicians; an implement store; two hotels; a dentist; a livery stable; blacksmith shop; a shoe store; a tailor; two restaurants; saloons; two meat dealers; and two lumber dealers. Among the famous ex-residents of LeClaire is Captain Sam Van Sant, river man, Ex-governor of Minnesota and commanders of the National organization of Grand Army of the Republic. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L