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Keokuk
Keokuk may refer to: *Keokuk (Sauk chief) Entities named after Chief Keokuk: Places: *Keokuk, Iowa, U.S. *Keokuk Airport, Iowa, U.S. *Keokuk County, Iowa, U.S. *Keokuk, Kansas, U.S. *Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge, U.S. *Keokuk Rail Bridge, U.S. *Keokuk Avenue, a street in Chatsworth, California, U.S. Things: *Keokuk Westerns The Western baseball club of Keokuk, Iowa, or Keokuk Westerns in modern nomenclature, was a professional baseball team in the National Association in 1875, the last season of that first professional league. It is considered a major league team by ..., a professional baseball team in the National Association in 1875 *, several U.S. Navy ships {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk (Sauk Chief)
Keokuk (circa 1780–June 1848) was a leader of the Sauk people, Sauk tribe in central North America, and for decades was one of the most recognized Native American leaders and noted for his accommodation with the U.S. government. Keokuk moved his tribe several times and always acted as an ardent friend of the Americans.Appleton's Cyclopedia (1892) vol. III p. 523 His policies were contrary to fellow Sauk leader Black Hawk (chief), Black Hawk, who led part of their band to defeat in the Black Hawk War, was later returned by U.S. forces to Keokuk's custody, and who died a decade before Keokuk. Early and family life Keokuk was born around 1780 on the Rock River (Mississippi River tributary), Rock River in what soon became Illinois Territory to a Sauk warrior of the Fox clan and his wife of mixed lineage. 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. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States. It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 9,900 at the time of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The city is named after the Sauk people, Sauk chief Keokuk (Sauk leader), Keokuk, who is recognized with a statue in Rand Park. It is in the extreme southeast corner of Iowa, where the Des Moines River meets the Mississippi River, Mississippi. It is at the junction of U.S. Routes U.S. Route 61, 61, U.S. Route 136, 136 and U.S. Route 218, 218. Just across the rivers are the towns of Hamilton, Illinois, Hamilton and Warsaw, Illinois, and Alexandria, Missouri. Keokuk, along with the city of Fort Madison, Iowa, Fort Madison, is a principal city of the Fort Madison-Keokuk micropolitan area, which includes all of Lee County, Iowa, Hancock County, Illinois, Hancock County, Illinois and Clark County, Missouri, Clark County, Missouri. History Situated between the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk Airport
Keokuk Municipal Airport is five miles northwest of Keokuk, in Lee County, Iowa. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility. Ozark Airlines DC-3s stopped at Keokuk from 1950 to 1954. Facilities The airport covers 372 acres (151 ha) at an elevation of 671 feet (205 m). It has two concrete runways: 8/26 is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m) and 14/32 is 3,576 by 100 feet (1,090 x 30 m). In the year ending July 21, 2015 the airport had 8,050 aircraft operations, average 22 per day: 94% general aviation and 6% air taxi. In January 2017, 17 aircraft were based at the airport: 15 single-engine and 2 multi-engine. See also * List of airports in Iowa References External links Aerial image as of April 1999from USGS ''The National Map ''The National Map'' is a Collaboration, collaborative effort of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and other federal, state, and local agencies to improve and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk County, Iowa
Keokuk County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 10,033. The county seat is Sigourney, Iowa, Sigourney. History Keokuk County was formed in 1837. It was named for Keokuk (Sauk leader), Keokuk, the leader of the Sauk people, Sauk tribe, who advocated peace with the white settlers. In May 1843, the county opened for public settlement, with its judicial and regulatory duties assigned to the existing Washington County, Iowa, Washington County. Its governing structure was created in 1844, although the seat was not decided (for Sigourney) until 1856. Keokuk County is unusual in that it has two county fairs. The Keokuk County Fair is held in What Cheer, Iowa, What Cheer and immediately followed by the Keokuk County Expo which is held 8.9 miles east-southeast in Sigourney, Iowa, Sigourney. The Keokuk County Courthouse was built in 1911, in Sigourney's Public Square Historic District (Sigourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk, Kansas
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 and was located twelve miles northwest of Sugar Mound. History Keokuk served as the voting place for the Big Sugar precinct in the March 30, 1855, election for the Territorial legislature. Seventeen votes were for the Free-State candidates and there were seventy-four votes for the pro-slavery Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ... candidates. Of these votes, thirty-two were found to be legal and fifty-nine were found to be illegal. References Sources * Further reading External links * * * Linn County mapsCurrent [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge
The Keokuk-Hamilton bridge is a steel girder, 4-lane bridge from Keokuk, Iowa to Hamilton, Illinois. It carries U.S. Route 136 across the Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita .... It also has fully fenced off pedestrian walkway. The Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge was built in 1985, taking over automobile traffic from the Keokuk Rail Bridge (though the latter bridge still carries rail traffic). During the Great Flood of 1993, the rising Mississippi temporarily made the Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge inaccessible from the Illinois side of the river; later, gravel was layered over the threatened section of U.S. 136 to raise its level and keep the road and bridge accessible for the remaining flood period. More recently, during the 2008 Midwest floods, the Illinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk Rail Bridge
The Keokuk Bridge, also known as the Keokuk Municipal Bridge, is a double-deck, single-track railway and highway bridge across the Mississippi River in the United States between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Illinois, just downstream of Mississippi Lock and Dam number 19. It was designed by Ralph Modjeski and constructed 1915–1916 on the piers of its predecessor that was constructed in 1869–1871. Following the completion of the Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge in 1985, the US Route 136 traffic was rerouted there, and the upper deck of this bridge, on the Keokuk side, was converted to an observation deck to view the nearby lock and dam; this deck is no longer used for road traffic, but the lower deck is still used for rail traffic. The bridge was originally owned by the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Company, but following financial problems in the 1940s, the bridge was given to the City of Keokuk in late 1948. The bridge was originally the western terminus of the Toledo, Peoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatsworth, California
Chatsworth is a suburban neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. The area around the town was home to Native Americans, who left caves containing rock art. Chatsworth was explored and colonized by the Spanish beginning in the 18th century. The land was part of a Spanish land grant, Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. After the United States took over the land following the Mexican–American War, it was the largest such grant in California. Chatsworth has seven public and eight private schools. There are large open-space and smaller recreational parks as well as a public library and a transportation center. Landmarks in the town include the former Chatsworth Reservoir and the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The neighborhood has one of the lowest population densities in Los Angeles and a relatively high income level. Chatsworth is the home of the Iverson Movie Ranch, a 500-acre area which was the most filmed movie ranch in history, as more than 2,000 pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keokuk Westerns
The Western baseball club of Keokuk, Iowa, or Keokuk Westerns in modern nomenclature, was a professional baseball team in the National Association in 1875, the last season of that first professional league. It is considered a major league team by those who count the NA as a major league. It was geographically the farthest west that major league baseball had progressed up to that time. In 1875, the NA entry fee was $20 for one championship season. The Westerns won one of 13 games (1–12 record) before going out of business. On June 14, 1875, the Western club played their last game and dropped out of the league two days later. For 1876, stronger clubs in bigger cities, led by the Chicago White Stockings, organized the National League on a different basis, chiefly in order to exclude weaker clubs from smaller cities such as Keokuk. The Westerns were managed by Joe Simmons and played their home games at Perry Park, which was located in a field located beyond Rand Park. Their top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
