Riverdale, IA

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Shortly after the opening of the Louisiana Purchase and the exploration of the Iowa Territory, early settlers found the Mississippi Valley to be a great spot to settle down, plow up the land and start farming. The area that would become known as Riverdale was no exception.

The “pleasant valley” that now makes up rural Bettendorf, Panorama Park, the Pleasant Valley “onion fields” and Riverdale were no exception. By the mid 1840’s, the house we know as “Crissey House” was built, making it the earliest permanent structure still standing in the community. Originally owned by Christopher Rowe, it eventually passed through the J.R. Nutting Family until it was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John Crissey in 1937.

Another old homestead in the community was the farmland and homes owned by the Welch family. Members of the Welch family worked farmland both on top of the hill and in the valley below from 1876 until the farm was finally sold in 2017.