Keokuk
Americannoun
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c1780–c1848, leader of the Sac tribe.
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a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River: large power dam.
Example Sentences
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Murray loved to talk to the young writer from Keokuk, Iowa, or Madison, Wis., who would inevitably make their way down press row to introduce themselves before the game to their idol.
From Los Angeles Times
Working on a test array in the Mississippi River near Keokuk, Iowa, Woodley and her team have tagged thousands of fish and monitored their movements around the barrier's underwater speakers.
From Salon
One of those witnesses, an inmate named Arne Maki, testified Tuesday that Jones told him of his involvement last year when they were both held at the Keokuk County Jail.
From Fox News
One of those witnesses, inmate Arne Maki, testified Tuesday that Jones told him of his involvement last year when they were both held at the Keokuk County Jail.
From Seattle Times
He said that like Jones, he was housed at the Keokuk County jail at the same time as Maki but didn’t know him well.
From Seattle Times
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