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Map of Iowa highlighting the location of Burlington in the southeastern part of the state near the Mississippi River, with surrounding states labeled and a small globe inset showing Iowa's position in North America. A vintage 1858 railroad poster with bold black text on green paper advertises the Burlington and Missouri River Rail Road and features an illustration of a steam locomotive.
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Map of Iowa highlighting the location of Burlington in the southeastern part of the state near the Mississippi River, with surrounding states labeled and a small globe inset showing Iowa's position in North America.
Burlington, Iowa

Burlington

Iowa, United States
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Burlington, city, seat (1838) of Des Moines county, southeastern Iowa, U.S. It is a port on the Mississippi River (there bridged to Illinois), 78 miles (126 km) south-southwest of Davenport. The site was once a Mesquakie village called Shoquoquok, in an area where Native Americans gathered flint to make tools and weapons. The site was settled as Flint Hills in 1833 after the Black Hawk War the previous year and was renamed (1834) by a...

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