Two areas were held back as special awards; one was assigned to the chief Keokuk and his Sauk people in thanks for their neutrality (later known as Keokuk's Reserve); the other was given to "half-breed" translator Antoine LeClaire.
Keokuk let the Sac people single file out of Iowa on September 10, 1845 down the Draggon Trace to Fort Leavenworth.
Jim Dunlap (born January 3, 1945 in Keokuk, Iowa) is a poet who published extensively in American small press magazines, in England, France, India, Australia, New Zealand, and online in Switzerland, England, Australia, New Zealand, and in many U.S. journals.
Keokuk's leadership declined as he increasingly consumed alcohol.
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At the time, he had been serving as a captain with a military company in Keokuk referred to as the "City Rifles".
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Johnny Peters, the manager of the then-disbanded Stillwater, Minnesota team, helped Fowler get connected with the new team in Keokuk.
Hughes, Sr. attended grade school at Keokuk, Iowa, and prepared for college at Morgan Park Military Academy in Chicago, Illinois and at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri.
The Keokuk National Cemetery was established as a final resting place for bodies from five local U.S. Army hospitals in Keokuk.
During his years there he served missions in Sugar Creek (now known as St. Paul), West Point, Montrose, Burlington, Iowa City, St. Vincent’s Church in a rural area west of Riverside, Keokuk, Augusta, Dodgeville, Bakers' Point, Farmington, Primrose, Franklin, all in Iowa, and Nauvoo, Illinois.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Clagett moved to Keokuk, Iowa with his father in 1850 where he attended the public schools as a child.