Navigation on the Maquoketa River

DOANE

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/1/2009 at 22:47:06

Davenport Gazette, Davenport, Iowa Territory, November 14, 1843.

INTERIOR NAVIGATION

On the 26th ult., a keel boat ascended the Maquoketa River to Doane’s Ferry, near the Forks and took in a cargo of about 500 bushels of wheat. It is supposed that by the removal of a few obstructions, that the stream will be navigable for the smaller class steamboats.