Appanoose Explained

Appanoose
Tribe:	Meskwaki

Appanoose was a 19th-century Meskwaki chief who lived in Iowa; he was the son of Taimah (Chief Tama)^[1] and probably a grandson of Quashquame. Prior to European-American settlement in the 19th century, the tribe occupied territory in what became Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.

Several place names and a US Navy ship honored Appanoose:

• Appanoose County, Iowa
• Appanoose County Courthouse
• Appanoose County Community Railroad
• Appanoose Township, Franklin County, Kansas
• Appanoose Township, Hancock County, Illinois
• USS Appanoose (AK-226), a Crater class cargo ship^[2]

Notes and References

1. Annals of Iowa (1903) Vol. 6, p. 203
2. http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a10/appanoose.htm USS Appanoose (AK-226), U.S. Navy History Archives