Fort Madison, Iowa, 1889 – Antique Map Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Fort Madison, Iowa, 1889, preserved in this antique map. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Perspective map of Fort Madison, Ia. 1889
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Fort Madison, Iowa, 1889
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Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1889 was a river town of a few thousand people on the Mississippi in Lee County. Its name traced back to an army post built there in 1808 that was abandoned during the War of 1812. By the late 1880s the local economy rested on the river, on lumber and manufacturing, and on the state penitentiary, founded in 1839, which was one of the town's largest employers and most familiar institutions. Railroads had reached the riverfront, and a bridge carrying the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe across the Mississippi, completed in the late 1880s, tied the town more closely to western markets. Residents would have known Fort Madison as a steady river community shaped by its prison, its docks, and its trade with towns up and down the Mississippi.
| Created / published | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Creator | wellge, h. (henry), american publishing co. (milwaukee, wis.) |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Iowa |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 12,096 × 5,968 px · prints to 40 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Perspective map of Fort Madison, Ia. 1889 |
| Reference | IA-FortMadison-1889 |
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