Ottumwa ( /ətʌmwə/ ə-tum-wə) is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census. It is located in the southeastern part of Iowa, and the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River.
The young town was severely damaged during the Flood of 1851.
In 1857, coal was being mined from the McCready bank, a site along Bear Creek four miles west of Ottumwa. In 1868, Brown and Godfrey opened a drift mine four miles northwest of town. By 1872, Brown and Godfrey employed 300 men and had an annual production of 77,000 tons. In 1880, the Phillips Coal and Mining Company opened a mine two miles northwest of town. In subsequent years, they opened 5 more shafts in the Phillips and Rutledge neighborhoods, just north of Ottumwa. The Phillips number 5 shaft was 140 feet deep, with a 375 horse power steam hoist. By 1889, the state mine inspector’s report listed 15 mine shafts in Ottumwa. In 1914, the Phillips Fuel Company produced over 100,000 tons of coal, ranking among the top 24 coal producers in the state.
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This is a list of casinos in Iowa.
List of casinos[edit]
| Casino | City | County | State | District | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameristar Casino Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie | Iowa | Riverboat | ||
| Argosy Casino Sioux City | Sioux City | Woodbury | Iowa | closed July 30, 2014 | ||
| Blackbird Bend Casino | Onawa | Monona | Iowa | Native American | ||
| Casino Queen Marquette | Marquette | Clayton | Iowa | |||
| Catfish Bend Casino | Burlington | Des Moines | Iowa | |||
| Diamond Jo Casino | Dubuque | Dubuque | Iowa | |||
| Diamond Jo Casino – Worth | Northwood | Worth | Iowa | |||
| Grand Falls Casino | Larchwood | Lyon | Iowa | east of Sioux Falls, SD[1] | ||
| Hard Rock Sioux City | Sioux City | Woodbury | Iowa | |||
| Harrah's Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie | Iowa | |||
| Horseshoe Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie | Iowa | |||
| Isle Casino Bettendorf | Bettendorf | Scott | Iowa | land based as of 2017 | ||
| Isle Casino Waterloo | Waterloo | Black Hawk | Iowa | |||
| Lakeside Hotel & Casino | Osceola | Clarke | Iowa | |||
| Meskwaki Casino | Tama | Tama | Iowa | Native American | ||
| Prairie Flower Casino[2] | Carter Lake | Pottawattamie | Iowa | Native American | ||
| Prairie Meadows | Altoona | Polk | Iowa | east of Des Moines | ||
| Q Casino | Dubuque | Dubuque | Iowa | |||
| Rhythm City Casino Resort | Davenport | Scott | Iowa | Land-based as of 2016 | ||
| Riverside Casino & Golf Resort | Riverside | Washington | Iowa | near Iowa City | ||
| Wild Rose Casino and Resort | Clinton | Clinton | Iowa | |||
| Wild Rose Casino and Resort | Emmetsburg | Palo Alto | Iowa | |||
| Wild Rose Casino and Resort | Jefferson | Greene | Iowa | |||
| WinnaVegas Casino Resort | Sloan | Woodbury | Iowa | Native American |
Casinos In Iowa
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References[edit]
- ^Grand Falls Casino opensArchived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Margery A. Beck (March 3, 2019). 'Tribe fighting 2 states, city to keep new casino'. Santa Fe New Mexican. AP. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
External links[edit]
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