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The original Fort Madison, the Midwest's oldest American military garrison on the upper Mississippi River, was erected shortly after the signing of a treaty in 1804, which ceded lands east of the Mississippi to Americans in exchange for $1,000 per year and the condition that the tribes could continue to reside there until the land was surveyed and sold by the U.S. government.
According to the Sauk leader Black Hawk, his people did not understand why a fort was being built, and they were told it was for a trader, who could offer them great provisions. The Sauk, due to a promise from Washington, hoped to receive goods from the trader at Fort Madison on credit, but they were denied. This, Black Hawk says, is the reason the Sauk decided to side with the British during the war.[1]
The original Fort Madison was burned to the ground by its own soldiers as they fled from the Native Americans. A replica of the original fort was erected in 1983 and serves as an interactive museum.
{I copied that from Wikipedia. //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Madison,_Iowa}
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03/01/2008 01:50:47 PM |
| Interesting history on the old fort. Must have been quite the unnerving site for Native Americans to see this kind of structure. |
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02/23/2008 11:35:49 PM |
| This really resembles Fort Michimilimac in Michigan. These places are so cool to visit! |
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02/20/2008 11:44:24 PM |
| Yes, not the most inviting looking place, the blue cast kind of suits it. |
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02/20/2008 06:36:48 AM |
| Thanks for the history lesson. It certainly looks like a bleak outpost. |
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