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Old Fort Madison is a reproduction of the first military fort on the upper Mississippi River. It is located within Riverview Park and the views of the river are nice. Apparently there are many interesting Victorian homes in Fort Madison and they can be viewed on a driving tour.
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- Riverview Park & Hwy 61, Fort Madison, Iowa
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- Fort Madison Toll Bridge
- Historic Iowa State Penitentiary
- Old Santa Fe Depot Complex
- Fort Madison Downtown Commercial Historic District
The Fort Madison Toll Bridge is the last remaining double swinging truss bridge on the Mississippi River. It holds the world’s record as the longest bridge of it’s kind in the world. Completed in 1927, the bridge is 3,130 feet long, with a swing-span of 525 feet. The lower level of the bridge is for trains. The two traffic lanes on the upper level ...
The Historic Iowa State Penitentiary closed August 1, 2015, after 176 years. Originally a two-story sandstone cell block intended to house only the most serious felons, the penitentiary acted as the only territorial prison almost 10 years prior to Iowa’s statehood. A third story was added to the original cell block in the 1870s. As the inmate popul...
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Complex Historic District, the depot and other buildings in the complex date back to the late 1800s. The east end of the depot was brought back into passenger service in 2012. The North Lee County Historical Society museum is housed in the ...
The downtown commercial district was added to the register in 2007. One of the buildings in the district, The Cattermole Memorial Library, is also listed individually on the register. We strolled around the district in the early evening. It appeared to us that there was a renovation in progress at the Cattermole Memorial Library. This building on 7...
Dec 27, 2015 · FORT MADISON — Fort Madison, in southeast Iowa's Lee County, is home to historic Old Fort Madison, the first U.S. military post on the Upper Mississippi River.
Historic Old Fort Madison, an active military outpost from 1808 to 1813, acted as a trading post between the US Army and Native Americans. Historic Old Fort Madison was the first permanent U.S. military fortification on the Upper Mississippi.
Fort Madison was the location of the first U.S. military fort in the upper Mississippi region; a replica of the original fort stands along the river in Riverview Park. Sheaffer Pens were developed and made in Fort Madison for many years.
Mar 17, 2017 · A section of the now closed Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison that was once used for hangings is seen on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Fort Madison.
