Maquoketa

Small-town bankers have so much trouble finding local businesses to invest in that they sometimes resort to philanthropy to jump-start growth on Main Street, said Alan Tubbs, chairman of Maquoketa Iowa State Bank company in eastern Iowa.

Farm boom missing Main Street 2011

Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, is planning a two-day trip to Clinton, Davenport, Maquoketa, Anamosa and Dubuque on Wednesday and Thursday.

Dodd Hits Obama And Hillary, Demands Clarity On Iraq 2009

In Jones County, Iowa, a rural area with 90 miles of riverfront along the Maquoketa and the Wapsipinicon rivers, flooding is expected to be the second highest on record by the time the rivers crest Tuesday morning.

Upper Mississippi Basin 2008

This is a process, this is a marathon, and ultimately it comes down to the living rooms and people's homes in Maquoketa, Iowa, and Merlen (ph), New Hampshire, and down in Sumter, South Carolina.

CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2007 2007

He led a rural existence in childhood, attending the Maquoketa High School (Iowa).

Robert A. Millikan - Biography 1965

The principal rivers of this system are the upper Iowa, Turkey, Maquoketa, Wapsipinicon,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Billie, and was interesting him thoroughly, telling of her father's big stock farm outside of Maquoketa.

Kit of Greenacre Farm 1911

On one occasion, when engaged to speak at Maquoketa, Iowa, I arrived at Lyons about noon, to find the road was blocked with snow, and no chance of the cars running for days.

Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 1898

As the landlord gave the finishing touch, by throwing a large buffalo robe over all and tying the two tails together at the back of my head and thus effectively preventing me putting my hand to my nose, he said, "There, if you can only sit perfectly still, you will come out all right at Maquoketa; that is, if you get there, which I very much doubt."

Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 1898

; Maquoketa and Burlison's in Jackson Co., and Dewitt in Clinton Co. He labored also in Cedar Co., and did a grand work, not so much in the numbers added as in the sowing the good seed of the Kingdom, and recommending our plea to the more intelligent and better informed of the various communities where he labored.

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Butler, Pardee, 1816-1888 1889