Des Moines County, along with Dubuque County, were the two original Iowa counties formed along the Mississippi River in 1834 by ... and two quarter-curves of Burlington’s (Des Moines) Snake ...

Regarding the Mississippi — here is some unsettling news. American Rivers has just ranked the Mississippi River as the most ...

American Rivers said in its 40th annual report identifying endangered waterways that the health of the Mississippi River and ... experienced. Iowa cities like Davenport and Burlington on the ...