Fort Atkinson and the Neutral Ground in Iowa History
This diary style history traces the 1825 to 1849 saga of Sauk and Fox conflicts with Sioux, Prairie du Chien councils, and the Neutral Ground from the Upper Iowa to the Des Moines. It follows the 1840 establishment of Fort Atkinson, army police actions, Winnebago relocations, and final abandonment in 1849.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Great Council
Prairie du Chien
Iowa River
Des Moines River
Cedar River
Mississippi
Rock Island
Washington
Forta Ee
Iowa
Des Moines
United States
Fort Crawford
Wisconsin
Henry Atkinson
Turkey River
Spring Creek
Winneshiek County
Camp Atkinson
Fort Atkinson
Cedar
Edwin V. Sumner
Dragoons
Old Fort Des Moines
James Allen
Fort Leavenworth
Indian Agency
Fairfield
Sumner
Allen
Minnesota River
Big Stone Lake
Devil's Lake
North Dakota
Minnesota
Devil’s Lake
Old Fort Atkinson
Anger and reconciliation in a troubled marriage told
A column piece recounts a hostile separation between spouses who denounced each other publicly. They reunite and wonder why separation happened, while friends hope to erase the airing of their private life. The note also includes a missive on romance and a caution about quitting a job for risk. Potatoes contain about eight tenths water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Sue
Baer I
Baer
Fort Atkinson’s Fate and Frontier Tasks in Iowa
A wartime note on a barracks farewell to bedbugs precedes a history: Iowa traded for an agricultural school site, and the U S government auctioned the Fort Atkinson property in 1853 for 3521 dollars. By 1921 the Fort became a state park and historic site.
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Iowa
United States
Old Fort Atkinson
West doubles to derail North South slam bid in contract bridge
South opens one spade and North supports with a forcing bid leading to a near slam. West doubles to unsettle the bid and, after North redoubles, the hand ends in a successful defense with West earning 340 points as North and South miss a grand slam, 1936.
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South
North
West
East
Jury to Hear Damages Suit in Bellevue Locale
The petit jury will convene Wednesday to hear Vincent Small versus Roy Tubbs and others over eviction from Small's beer parlor and injuries alleged from being tossed to the street. He seeks over 8000 dollars. Also on Tuesday, motions in the exhumation bid for Mrs Wilbur Mitchell's body are set before Judge D W Jackson, with Schoenthaler and Lee opposing for Mr Mitchell. The probate matter arises from Mrs Mitchell’s July 28 death after an automobile crash.
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Maquoreta
Petit Jury
Bellevue Litigants
Vincent Small
Roy Tubbs
Small
Tubbs
D. W. Jackson
Muscatine
Lane and Waterman
Davenport
Wilbur Mitchell
Schoenthaler and Lee
Maquoketa
Mitchell
Submarine Crafted by Oarsmen in James I Era
A crude submarine built over 300 years ago during King James I's reign used oars for propulsion. The craft reflects early experimental underwater traversal and maritime ingenuity of the period.
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James I
England
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Mary Manners
Mr. G
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Paris
Armstrong
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Sally Frocks
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