The future Macdonough County was part of the Military Tract of 1812 that Congress set aside as payment to soldiers in the War of 1812. This was an attempt to get families moving to the frontier. Many of them and their heirs were unwilling to relocate and sold their land warrants to speculators.
Nearby to Macomb is Old Fort Madison which was attacked by Indians allied with the British during the War of 1812. The original fort was abandoned and burned by the U.S. Army in 1813 when they ran out of food due to a contractor sending them unsafe food. A reproduction of the fort has been built in Riverview Park in Ft. Madison, Iowa.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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