Approximately 210 miles south of Monona is a little river town called Keokuk. Named after Chief Keokuk of the Sauk tribe, the town was founded in 1848 right on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. For the past 25 years of my life, I have called it home. To many, including myself, Keokuk is not the best town to live in.
The smell from the factories will fill the nose anytime and...