Sioux City

Sioux City is an American city located in the U.S. state of Iowa. It occupies portions of both Plymouth County and Woodbury County. The city was founded in 1854 and became incorporated in 1857. It has a total land area of 59.49 square miles and a population of more than 82,000 people.

Points of Interest

 * Lake Okobogee: Lake Okobogee is a fictional lake located in Sioux City, Iowa. It appeared in the "Conduit" episode of the FOX Network television series The X-Files. Lake Okobogee was likely named after Okoboji Lake, which is located in Dickinson County, Iowa. In the show, the lake is presented as being a "hot bed" of U.F.O. activity. Ruby Morris was abducted from the lake during a camping trip in 1993 and resurfaced days later with no memory of what had happened to her. A woman named Tessa Seers murdered her ex-boyfriend Greg Randall and buried him in a shallow grave close to the shoreline of the lake.


 * Pennsylvania Hotel & Pub: The Pennsylvania Hotel & Pub was a biker bar located in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1993, Fox Mulder visited the Pennsylvania Hotel & Pub to inquire about mysterious events taking place at nearby Lake Okobogee. Taking note of the bartender's UFO tattoo, Mulder learned that the lake and surrounding area had a history of unexplained U.F.O.-related phenomena.

Notes & Trivia

 * The city is named for the Sioux Nation Native American tribe.


 * Sioux City was one of the locations explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the year 1804.