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Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

a city of 15,000 pop., on Des Moines River, at the mouth of Racoon River, and on the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad, 176 miles from Davenport. The Des Moines Valley Railroad connects with Keokuk. A place of active trade.

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