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monument in memory of Marquette, who with Joliet 

 crossed over from Green Bay to the Wisconsin river in 

 1673 and descended in its rapid current to its junction 

 with the Mississippi and on down that stream to the 

 mouth of the Arkansas river. It is near the little federal 

 cemetery and not far from the ruins of Fort Crawford. 

 OLD FORT MADISON : Close by the railroad tracks run- 

 ning parallel with the river (and close by it) in the 

 Upper end of Fort Madison, Iowa, there stands a 

 rather odd looking monument of stone with this inscrip- 

 tion: 



ERECTED 1908 



by 



JEAN ESPY CHAPTER 



DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 



ON THE SITE OF 



OLD FORT MADISON 



Built 1808 

 Evacuated and Burned 

 By Its Garrison- 1813 



Through the kindness of Mr. F. A. Amborn of Fort 

 Madison, I secured the following information from the 

 official write-up in the Fort Madison public library: 



"Where the city of Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, 

 now is, once stood a fort with three block houses. The 

 historic fort was close to the Mississippi river and 

 about one-third of a mile from the present Iowa State 

 penitentiary. When it was built in 1808, the country 

 round about was a wilderness. Through the forest and 

 up the river the Indians spread news that the govern- 

 ment was erecting a fort within their territory, and they 

 consulted together to destroy it. Attack after attack 

 was made on the little garrison until in 1813 the soldiers 

 set fire to the fort and made their escape through the 

 tunnel or covered passageway to the river. The fire left 



