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Fort Madison, city (1990 pop. 11,618), seat of Lee co., SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1838. Fort Madison, a U.S. trading post, was established in 1808 as the first fort west of the Mississippi; it was named for James Madison, then President. The city is a river port for barge traffic as well as a rail, commercial, and industrial center with a wide variety of light manufactures. Iowa State Penitentiary (1839) and Lee County Courthouse (1841) are in Fort Madison. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In her mother's hometown of Fort Madison, Iowa, the Catholic church had two unofficial seating sections--one in the front for the whites and one in the back for the Mexicans. Russell Morton, Fort Madison, Iowa, remembers it well. ``Walt Disney grew up in Marceline, Wisconsin, which was one of a series of towns built on the Santa Fe route from Fort Madison, Wisconsin, all the way into Kansas,'' said Broggie, sitting in an office in his Newbury Park home overflowing with model trains, books about trains and train photographs. |
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