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KEOKUK , a See also:city of See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee See also:county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., on the See also:Mississippi See also:river, at the mouth of the See also:Des Moines, in the S.E. corner of the See also:state, about 200 M. above St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis. Pop. (1900), 14,641; (19o5), 14,604, including 1J34 See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910), 14,008. It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, the See also:Wabash, and the See also:Toledo, See also:Peoria & Western See also:railways. There is a See also:bridge (about 2200 ft. See also:long) across the Mississippi, and another (about 1200 ft. long) across the Des Moines. The city has a public library and St See also:Joseph and See also:Graham hospitals, and is the seat of the Keokuk Medical See also:College (1849). There is a See also:national See also:cemetery here. Much of the city is built on bluffs along the Mississippi. Keokuk is at the See also:foot of the Des Moines Rapids, See also:round which the Federal See also:Government has constructed a navigable See also:canal (opened 1877) about 9 M. long, with a draft at extreme See also:low See also:water of 5 ft.; at the foot a See also:great See also:dam, 12 m. long and 38 ft. high, has been constructed. Keokuk has various manufactures; its factory product in 1905 was valued at $4,225,915, 38.6% more than in 1900. The city was named after Keokuk, a See also:chief of the Sauk and Foxes (1780-1848), whose name meant " the watchful " or " he who moves alertly." In spite of See also:Black See also:Hawk's See also:war policy in 1832 Keokuk was passive and neutral, and with a portion of his nation remained peaceful while Black Hawk and his warriors fought. His See also:grave, surmounted by a See also:monument, is in See also:Rand See also:Park. The first See also:house on the site of the city was built about 182o, but further See also:settlement did not begin until 1836. Keokuk was laid out as a See also:town in 1'837, was chartered as a city in 1848, and in 1907 was one of five cities of the state governed by a See also:special See also:charter.
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