Editing Keokuk, Iowa (section)

==Sports==
Keokuk has deep baseball history that started in 1875 when the [[Keokuk Westerns]] played in the [[National Association of Professional Base Ball Players|National Association]]. On May 4, 1875, the Westerns and the [[History of the Chicago Cubs#1870: The Chicago White Stockings Base Ball Club|Chicago White Stockings]] (today's [[Chicago Cubs]]) played the first professional baseball game in Iowa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailygate.com/article_68204216-111d-11e5-b5ee-73529d33ab75.html|title = Keokuk, Montrose significant to Iowa baseball}}</ref> The [[Keokuk Indians]] minor league team played in the [[Iowa State League]] (1904–1907), [[Central Association]] (1908–1915), [[Mississippi Valley League]] (1929–1933) and [[Western League (1900–1958)|Western League]] (1935). After the Indians (1904–1915, 1929–1933, 1935), Keokuk was home to the Keokuk Pirates (1947–1949), Keokuk Kernels (1952-1957), Keokuk Cardinals (1958–1961) and the [[Keokuk Dodgers]] (1962).<ref name="baseball-reference.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Keokuk&state=IA&country=US&empty=0|title = Keokuk, Iowa Encyclopedia}}</ref> The team was an affiliate of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Cleveland Indians]] and the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]].<ref name="baseball-reference.com"/> Notable players included baseball pioneer [[Bud Fowler]], 1961 Home Run Record Holder [[Roger Maris]], Player/Announcer [[Tim McCarver]] and three time World Series Champion with the New York Yankees Jack Saltzgaver.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keokuk.net/baseball/#1931|title=The History of Keokuk, Iowa Baseball|access-date=February 17, 2016|archive-date=February 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223203704/http://www.keokuk.net/baseball/#1931|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Keokuk is nicknamed "The Racing Capital of the World" and "Home of Champions" for having many racing drivers win races and championships.<ref name="KeokukRacingLegend">{{cite news |last1=Camerson |first1=Brad |title=Keokuk racing legend Dick Hutcherson dies at age 73 |url=http://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/daily_gate/sports/keokuk-racing-legend-dick-hutcherson-dies-at-age-73/article_27206265-5b1f-5e6e-858e-1a988095a021.html |access-date=August 29, 2021 |work=Daily Gate City |date=November 8, 2005}}</ref> [[Don White (racing driver)|Don White]] was the first driver to impact nationally;<ref name="KeokukRacingLegend" /> he won the 1954, 1955 and 1958 [[International Motor Contest Association|IMCA]] national championships.<ref name="DailyGateCityObit">{{cite news|last1=Cameron|first1=Brad|title=Keokuk racing legend Don White dies at 87|url=http://www.dailygate.com/sports/article_b02d154c-637a-574f-b56d-f3f87a73e6ce.html|accessdate=May 5, 2016|publisher=Daily Gate City|date=May 2, 2016}}</ref> White's brother-in-law [[Ernie Derr]] won the 12 IMCA national championships between 1953 and 1971.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web |last1=Grett |first1=Wayne |title=Ernie Derr |url=https://data.desmoinesregister.com/hall-of-fame/single.php?id=467 |website=[[Des Moines Register]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref> White helped [[Dick Hutcherson]] get started; Hutcherson won the 1963 and 1964 IMCA championship before moving to [[NASCAR]] and finishing second in points.<ref name="KeokukRacingLegend" /> [[Ramo Stott]] won the 1970 and 1971 [[Automobile Racing Club of America|ARCA]] and 1976 [[USAC Stock Car]] championships. White, Derr, Hutcherson, and Stott were nicknamed "The Keokuk Gang".<ref>{{cite web |title=19th Annual IMCA "Harris Clash" at Knoxville on Tuesday and Wednesday |url=https://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/mobile/Article/1237/19th-annual-imca-harris-clash-at-knoxville-on-tuesday-and-wednesday |website=[[Knoxville Raceway]] |access-date=August 29, 2021 |date=July 4, 2010}}</ref> [[Ron Hutcherson]], Dick's brother, also competed nationally.<ref name="KeokukRacingLegend" />

People living in the area support athletic teams in [[Saint Louis, Missouri]], differing from other parts of Iowa, which support other sports teams.<ref name=JacobsBenRepubIowa>{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|url=https://newrepublic.com:443/article/166775/iowa-red-state-republican-party|title=How Iowa Fell in Love With the Republican Party|work=[[The New Republic]]|date=2022-06-28|accessdate=2023-05-28}}</ref>