FORT MADISON — Fort Madison, in southeast Iowa's Lee County, is home to historic Old Fort Madison, the first U.S. military post on the Upper Mississippi River. From 1808 to 1813, the fort was a ...

After a city inspection found a range of problems from leaky roofs to crumbling foundations, the future of the old fort replica in Fort Madison’s Riverview Park is up for a community discussion.

One of the most successful of these government trading posts was along the Mississippi River in what is now Fort Madison. Eugene Watkins, site manager at Old Fort Madison, a replica of the ...