Fort Des Moines, 1834-1837
Early settlers of Lee County believe that the explorers Marquette and Joliet landed at this spot in 1673. From here they made their only overland exploration on the west bank of the...
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Latter-day Saint Exodus from Nauvoo, 1849
During the period of 1839-1846, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) settled here in Lee County, Iowa and in Nauvoo, Illinois, on the opposite...
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Latter-day Saint Immigrants' Camp, 1853
Keokuk, Iowa, is named in honor of Chief Keokuk, a Sac and Fox chief who is buried there. The city is located on the west side of the Mississippi River, about 12 miles southwest of Nauvoo. On...
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Welcome to Keokuk, Iowa
Once a place where Native American Indians hunted and fished, this peninsular part of Iowa is located where the Des Moines River flows into the Mississippi River.Under French and Spanish rule for...
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Water When Needed
A public water supply system was first discussed in the 1850's when Keokuk's population was increasing dramatically, but with the financial panic of 1857 no action was taken. Most home owners had...
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Waterpower - Dream and Reality
Starting as early as the 1840's, proposals were advanced for building a wing dam near Keokuk that would focus the power of the Mississippi's current. However, no viable plan was formed until the...
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Castro Carazo (1895-1986)
Castro Carazo, hand-picked by Huey P. Long to head LSU's marching band, lived here where he operated a private music studio. A native of Costa Rica, Carazo wrote the music for Long's campaign...
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Chautauqua Buildings
In its heyday, Chautauqua Park boasted of eighty- eight cottages surrounding the Tabernacle, a grocery, a restaurant, and a forty-room hotel. Before its demise in 1917, the Chautauqua...
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Edison House
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE GLENMONT HOME OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON FROM 1886 TO HIS DEATH ON OCTOBER 18, 1931. HERE THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO HIM AND HIS WIFE, MINA. THE LIBRARY OVER THE ENTRANCEWAY...
FDR Memorial Block
IN SEPTEMBER 1941 PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT CALLED HIS FRIEND, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND ASKED THE JUSTICE TO REMEMBER THE WISH HE THEN EXPRESSED "IF ANY...
Urban Trails of Keokuk
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Spring House
The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and...
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Chautauqua Tabernacle
The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the...
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Kansas City City Market
Lieut-Gen. Sir Manley Power K.C.B.K.T.S
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New Echota
NEW ECHOTA Cherokee National Capital The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat of government for the new Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825...
Lincoln Memorial Shrine
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Plaza Theatre
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Triangle Park
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Redlands Liberty Pole
THE REDLANDS LIBERTY POLE IN 1895 THE JUNIOR ORDER OF AMERICAN MECHANICS ERECTED THE FIRST REDLANDS "LIBERTY POLE" A TERM DERIVED FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MADE FROM A CENTURY OLD, DOUGLAS...