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unusual facts about Keokuk's Reserve


Keokuk's Reserve

Keokuk's leadership declined as he increasingly consumed alcohol.


Black Hawk Purchase

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.

Bud Fowler

Johnny Peters, the manager of the then-disbanded Stillwater, Minnesota team, helped Fowler get connected with the new team in Keokuk.

Cedrelinga cateniformis

It is present in Tapiche Ohara's Reserve, a reserve located in Tapiche District, Requena Province, Loreto Region in Peru.

Charlene Pryer

Following her school graduation, Pryer joined the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1944, entertaining troops as a singer with the Dick Jurgens Orchestra.

Dragoon Trace

Keokuk let the Sac people single file out of Iowa on September 10, 1845 down the Draggon Trace to Fort Leavenworth.

Howard R. Hughes, Sr.

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.

Iowa in the American Civil War

The Keokuk National Cemetery was established as a final resting place for bodies from five local U.S. Army hospitals in Keokuk.

Jim Dunlap

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.

John George Alleman

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.

Seersucker

The decision was made by Captain Anne A. Lentz, one of the first female officers selected to run the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during the Second World War.

WGEM-DT3

Known on-air as WGEM Fox, the station can also be seen on Mediacom channel 2 in Iowa, US Cable channel 12 in Missouri, and Comcast channel 18 in Illinois.

William H. Clagett

Born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Clagett moved to Keokuk, Iowa with his father in 1850 where he attended the public schools as a child.

William H. Worthington

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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