. Story of Lee County, Iowa. will be in the form of a viaduct,which will run out on First Street, between Main and Blondeau,making the new bridge much more easy of access than the old viaduct will be about seven hundred feet in length. MISCELLANEOUS On January 24, 1848, the governor approved an act of the IowaLegislature providing that two terms of the District Court of LeeCounty should be held annually at Keokuk. By the act of January8, 1857, a branch of the recorders office was established at Keokuk,and this was soon followed by branches of the other county 1859 the count
. Story of Lee County, Iowa. will be in the form of a viaduct,which will run out on First Street, between Main and Blondeau,making the new bridge much more easy of access than the old viaduct will be about seven hundred feet in length. MISCELLANEOUS On January 24, 1848, the governor approved an act of the IowaLegislature providing that two terms of the District Court of LeeCounty should be held annually at Keokuk. By the act of January8, 1857, a branch of the recorders office was established at Keokuk,and this was soon followed by branches of the other county 1859 the county bought the old Medical College building for acourthouse, and since that time all the county business pertaining tothe six southern townships has been transacted at Keokuk. Besides the public utilities mentioned in this chapter, the city hasan excellent system of sewers, one large storm sewer beginning atRand Park and running to the Mississippi, and into this great trunk od QO !^GO O Ww M GC(—1 >GO o QI—I I—IO ocl. HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 151 sewer lateral sewers discharge their contents. A city ordinance for-bids the throwing of coarse offal of any kind in the sewers, so that thedrains are always kept in good working order. Keokuk has a fine high school building and a number of moderngraded school buildings. Several of the schoolhouses were beingreconstructed in 1914, which will give the city a complete quota ofbuildings unsurpassed by any city of its size in the Mississippi are also several parochial schools. Churches of all the lead-ing religious denominations have comfortable houses of worship;the Young Mens and Young Womens Christian associations havehomes that would be an ornament to any city; the Elks Club Houseand the Masonic Temple are pointed to as evidence that the fraternalorders of the city are both prosperous and popular; the well pavedstreets and cement sidewalks, and the three public parks—Rand Park,Kilbourne Park and the Triangle—all co
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