Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lee County, Iowa
Fort Madison and Keokuk are both the county seat for Lee County
Adjacent to Lee County, Iowa
Des Moines County(3) ► Henry County(13) ► Van Buren County(3) ► Hancock County, Illinois(30) ► Henderson County, Illinois(4) ► Clark County, Missouri(12) ►
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Site of Army Hospital Apt. 17, 1862-Oct. 1, 1865. Erected in memory of the soldiers who died in the Old General Hospital at Keokuk and buried in the National Cemetery. — — Map (db m178523) HM WM
Jews have been part of the social, economic and cultural life of Iowa since the early 19th century. It was not until 1855 that the Jewish population in Keokuk grew large enough to establish a religious community, Congregation B’nai Israel ( . . . — — Map (db m27084) HM
George M. Verity Has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — — Map (db m178292) HM
The Illinois, Iowa, Missouri area centered in Keokuk owes much to Hugh Lincoln Cooper engineer, backed by area businessmen, he built, in three years, 1910-1913, the dam and powerhouse now operated by Union Electric Co.
Cooper's . . . — — Map (db m178946) HM
The city of Keokuk has long been associated with thriving commerce and transportation even before it was incorporated in 1847. The location of the Des Moines Rapids in the Mississippi River made it necessary for steamboats to unload passengers and . . . — — Map (db m178276) HM
This Monument is erected by popular Subscription
In the Memory of The SAC Chief Keokuk
for whom this city was named. In 1883, his remains together
with the marble slab on the reverse side of this die were
brought from Franklin County, . . . — — Map (db m186354) HM
Civil War Keokuk Keokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln prepared Iowa troops for deployment south. Its . . . — — Map (db m179354) HM
Keokuk Union Depot
1891
Burnham and Root Architects, Chicago has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior — — Map (db m191186) HM
I have heard with sorrow that you have determined to leave our village and cross the Mississippi merely because you have been told that the Americans were coming in this direction. Would you leave our village, desert our homes and fly before an . . . — — Map (db m185389) HM
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 August 12, 1841, Chief Keokuk, and about one hundred . . . — — Map (db m179356) HM
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) walked the streets of
Keokuk in the years 1855 and 1856. He worked for his
brother, Orion, who owned a printing business "The Ben
Franklin Book and Job Office” located on the third story
of the Ogden City Book . . . — — Map (db m178943) HM
MENC: The National Association for Music Education was founded on this corner in the Westminster Presbyterian Church on April 12, 1907, during a meeting of music supervisors from fourteen states. The meeting was organized by Philip Cady Hayden, . . . — — Map (db m55413) HM
Samuel Miller moved to Keokuk in 1850 and practiced law here until he was appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1862. He served until his death, 28 years later, and was the first high court appointee from Iowa and from . . . — — Map (db m179024) HM
To the memory of the pioneers who entered Iowa by Keokuk the Gate City and either settling in our state or passing farther west travelled over the well-worn road known as the Mormon Trail. With this tablet the Daughters of the American Revolution . . . — — Map (db m185392) HM
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 a cistern, and huge cisterns in the business . . . — — Map (db m178277) HM
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 development of alternating current electricity made . . . — — Map (db m179112) HM
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 almost 150 nears, Southeast Iowa was included in . . . — — Map (db m179974) HM
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 Mississippi, finding villages of the Illini tribe. Other French . . . — — Map (db m179445) HM
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 (eastern) side of the Mississippi River. Nauvoo was the . . . — — Map (db m179453) HM
This barracks well marks the first Fort Desmoines and was used by a detachment of Dragoons stationed here Sept 25-1834 to June 18-1837 — — Map (db m139802) HM
