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U S Corps Of Engineers Has Charge Of River Improvements
The United States Corps of Engineers fulfills military and civil works roles, with Rock Island District covering parts of Iowa Illinois Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota. It outlines river navigation projects, flood protection, and district history from 1868 onward including Keokuk Davenport and Rock Island turnover.
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Corps of Engineers
United States
George Washington
Continental Army
Congress
Upper
Mississippi
Rock Island
Virginia
Mississippi River
Twin Cities
Keokuk
Robert E. Lee
Des Moines
Rockland Rapids
Lee
Des Moines Rapids
Iowa
Ohio River
Kansas River
Rock Island District of the
Elkport
Turkey River
Galena
Galena River
Rock River
Muscatine
Des Moines River
Iowa-Cedar Rivers
Wapsipinicon River
Coralville
Iowa River
Rock Island District
Sag Island Levee
Tess
Frank Lease
Savanna
M. J. Struknoff
Howard Leavens
Bessie Groharing
Chadwick
Virgil Wilt
Robert Miller
Janie
Edna Shoemaker
Wendy
Maude Brown
Otto Switzer
Henry Strauch
Regional Library Board
Prophetstown
Gilbert Holland
Charles Claussen
Moline
C. F. Guinther
Argo Fay
Denver
Colo
Otter Bluff
Lyle Williams
Old Mill Park
G. E. Plant
Court House
Morrison
Williams
Wayne Prake
Fenton
David Bealer
Dean Howard
Harry Wilkerson
Elizabeth
Wayne Drake
John Schwark
Sterling
Ray Rupple
Arthur Moeszinger
Mary Jane
Clinton
Urbana
John Dimmick
Orlo Smith
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Frank Smith
Ed Kustes
Fulton
Thomas Kustes Jr