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Quasqueton was the location that several Native
American trails intersected. It was first settled by Euro-Americans in 1842 and had a post office starting in 1845. In 1858 the Quaqueton Mutual Protection Company was organized to prevent against horse thievery. In 1904 most of Quasqueton was destroyed
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In 2018, Goodman Games published "Into the
Borderlands," a hardbound volume that reprinted the first two B series modules released by TSR -- B1 "In Search of the Unknown" and B2 "Keep on the Borderlands" by Gary Gygax -- presenting them as originally released for Basic Dungeons & Dragons and in
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Quasqueton entered popular culture with the 1979 publication by TSR, Inc. of the Dungeons & Dragons® B1 game module by Mike Carr, entitled “In Search of the Unknown.” The module, designed specifically for new players and Dungeon Masters, featured a fictional stronghold within a
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living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.2% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
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Prior to creating that work, Carr had lived in nearby Cedar Rapids and, knowing of the town, chose the very distinctive name of
Quasqueton for his fictional setting. Before the internet, few individuals outside of eastern Iowa had heard of it – but after the advent of online search engines, the
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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.92.
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734:Quasqueton, Iowa Veterans' Memorial
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1428:Categories
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1313:Washington
1197:Quasqueton
1034:January 5,
1008:January 5,
854:January 4,
833:August 12,
827:census.gov
784:References
666:As of the
614:As of the
351:91°45′33″W
348:42°23′41″N
318:Cedar Rock
302:Quasqueton
292:feature ID
200:Population
86:91°45′33″W
83:42°23′41″N
1390:Footnotes
1348:Littleton
1278:Jefferson
1235:Townships
1081:City-Data
880:April 23,
804:March 16,
756:WLS AM/FM
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589:March 29,
337:Geography
280:FIPS code
268:Area code
222:Time zone
192:Elevation
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328:History
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112:Country
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132:State
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