Maquoketa River

The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in northeastern Iowa in the United States. 
Its watershed covers within a rural region of rolling hills and farmland southwest of Dubuque. 
It is not to be confused with the Little Maquoketa River. The river and its tributaries mark the border of the Driftless Area of Iowa. The name comes from "Maquaw-Autaw", which means "Bear River" in Meskwaki.