Fort Madison
Proper noun
Meaning
Fort Madison
A city in Iowa, United States and one of the two county seats of Lee County.
Examples
In 1808 two military forts with trading factories were built, Fort Osage along the Missouri River in western present-day Missouri and Fort Madison along the Upper Mississippi River in eastern present-day Iowa.
Fort Madison was abandoned and set ablaze during the summer of 1813.
In September 1813 Fort Madison was abandoned after it was attacked and besieged by natives, who had support from the British.
Plans of the original Fort Madison in 1810, captured by British-supported Indians in 1813.
He was born on July 3, 1927, in Fort Madison, Iowa, to Wilbur and Clara (Krogmeier) Long.