Online Encyclopedia

FORT MADISON

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 725 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

FORT

See also:
MADISON  , a
See also:
city and the
See also:
county-seat of
See also:
Lee county,
See also:
Iowa, U.S.A.; on the
See also:
Mississippi
See also:
river, in the S.E. corner of the
See also:
state, and about 20 m . S.W. of
See also:
Burlington . Pop . (189o) 7901; (1900) 9278, of whom 1025 were
See also:
foreign-
See also:
born; (1905) 8767; (1910) 8900 . Fort
See also:
Madison is served by the
See also:
Atchison,
See also:
Topeka &
See also:
Santa Fe (which has repair shops here) and the
See also:
Chicago, Burlington &
See also:
Quincy
See also:
railways . The city has various manufactures, including canned goods, chairs,
See also:
paper and
See also:
farm implements; the value of its factory product in 1905 was $2,378,892, an increase of 50.8% over that of 1900 . Fort Madison is the seat of one of Iowa's penitentiaries . A stockade fort was erected on the site of the city in 18o8, but was burned in 1813 . Permanently settled in 1833, Fort Madison was laid out as a
See also:
town in 1836, and was chartered as a city in 1839 .

End of Article: FORT MADISON
[back]
FORT LEE 		[next]
FORT SCOTT

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.