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Revision as of 08:10, 3 May 2013
Fort Des Moines (1) (1834-1837) - A U.S. Army post established as Camp Des Moines in 1834 by Lt. Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny, 1st U.S. Dragoons, in Lee County, Iowa. Renamed Fort Des Moines in 1835. Abandoned in 1837.
Fort Des Moines (1) History
Current Status
Marker only in Montrose, Lee County, Iowa
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1981248
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Location: Montrose, Lee County, Iowa. Maps & Images Lat: 40.5317089 Long: -91.4154316 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 284
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