Amonokoa

Amonokoa lies near the Mississippi and the mouth of Henderson Creek. Farther north on the river is Yellow Banks, a landing known to the Sauk and Meskwaki. In April 1832 Black Hawk and his band crossed the Mississippi near this place, returning to the Illinois side after spending the winter near the old Fort Madison. Their movement led into the Black Hawk War. The Phelps brothers laid out the town of Oquawka at Yellow Banks in 1836.