Tourist Guide Fort Madison
Fort Madison is located in Lee County of Iowa and is situated on Mississippi River. This place is a part of Keokuk Metropolitan area.
The city was established in between 1808 to 1813 and was the permanent Us military fortification on the Upper part of Mississippi. It was on of the three posts of the military operations that was used by the US army to establish control over Louisiana Purchase territories. Fort Madison was basically built to trade and pacify Native Americans in the Upper part of Mississippi river region.
The place is rich in cultural heritage with historical sites that are worth visiting. This is the perfect
destination to spend a leisure vacation with family. Fort Madison should be visited once in a life time.
The climate of this place is quite moderate and can be visited at any time o the year.
The population of this comes to 10,715 according to 2000 census.
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