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  2. Keokuk, Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Keokuk is a ghost town in Linn County, Kansas, United States. It was established in the 1850s, in Kansas Territory , and disappeared from maps by the 1870s. It was northwest of the original location of Centerville, Kansas , and was located twelve miles northwest of Sugar Mound.

  3. Keokuk (Sauk leader) - Wikipedia

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    Keokuk was born around 1780 on the Rock River in what soon became Illinois Territory to a Sauk warrior of the Fox clan and his wife of mixed lineage. [4] [5] He lived in a village near what became Peoria, Illinois on the Illinois River, and although not of the traditional ruling elite, was elected to the tribal council as a young man.

  4. Lock and Dam No. 19 - Wikipedia

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    The old Keokuk Rail Bridge and Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge are visible in the foreground. View is upriver to the northeast. The main lock was constructed from 1952 to 1957 and is 1,200 feet (366 m) long and 110 feet (34 m) wide with a lift of just over 38 feet (12 m) and large enough to handle a full-length tow of barges.

  5. Keota, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Keota is located in eastern Keokuk County and the city limits extend east into Washington County to encompass a golf course.The city is 15 miles (24 km) east of Sigourney, the Keokuk county seat, and 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Washington.

  6. The Park Place-Grand Avenue Residential District - Wikipedia

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    It was known as the "best place to live in Keokuk." [3] and still holds that distinction. The Park Place/Grand Avenue Historic district features 146 years of architecture from 1856 until 2002. [4] In 1856, Charles Mason, a former Chief Justice of the Iowa Territory, platted Mason's Upper Addition to the city of Keokuk.

  7. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis House - Wikipedia

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    The Gen. Samuel R. Curtis House is a historic building located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. Samuel R. Curtis was an engineer, congressman and served as mayor of Keokuk in the 1850s. He was the hero of the Battle of Pea Ridge during the American Civil War.

  8. Keokuk, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Keokuk / ˈ k iː ə k ʌ k / is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States. [5] It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 9,900 at the time of the 2020 census. [6]

  9. Keokuk's Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Keokuk's Reserve was a parcel of land in the present-day U.S. state of Iowa that was retained by the Sauk and Fox tribes in 1832 in the aftermath of the Black Hawk War. The tribes stayed on the reservation only until 1836 when the land was ceded to the United States, and the Native Americans were moved to a new reservation.