Exit78 Photo of the Day #96
Fort Madison, Iowa, Old Fort Madison blockhouse, Union Pacific engines, Sante Fe Depot Museum, September 26, 2012 (Pentax K-r)
On the way back to Arkansas from Wisconsin in September 2012, we stopped at Old Fort Madison in Iowa, a replica of an early 19th century fort. In the 1980s, replicas of major buildings were fabricated from oak timbers at Iowa State Penitentiary by inmates who volunteered to assist on the project. After the structures were completed, the log structures were dismantled and re-erected in Fort Madison’s Riverview Park near the site of the original fort.
Fort Madison was the site of Black Hawk’s first battle against U.S. troops, the only real War of 1812 battle fought west of the Mississippi. The name of the town is derived from the fort that existed there and was burned before the town was established.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
