The Story of Iowa
The Story of Iowa is a history of the state of Iowa up through the 1920s, written especially for children.
The Story of Iowa
White, Judy Wallis. The Story of Iowa.
The First White Settler
Last Updated on July 29, 2012 by Dennis In the year 1788 a young Frenchman, by the name of Julien Dubuque, came down from Canada in search of adventure. He stopped at Prairie du Chien, * in Wisconsin, just above the mouth of the Wisconsin river, and started a trading post across the Mississippi, where
Other Early Settlers
Last Updated on July 29, 2012 by Dennis Shortly after Dubuque built his cabin, a friend by the name of Basil Gaillard, whom he had met at Prairie du Chien, came to be his neighbor. He obtained a tract* of 5,760 acres in what is now Clayton County, in and around the prosperous city of
Iowa Pioneers
Last Updated on July 29, 2012 by Dennis When the tide of immigration finally set in toward Iowa, the state was peopled as if by magic. The papers of 1854 were filled with long accounts of the vast crowds which filed in from the east and south. “The roads were thronged with teams, and the
Iowa Counties named for Indian Chiefs
Last Updated on May 27, 2013 by Dennis Many Iowa counties bear names which stand as monuments to Indian chiefs, both good and bad: Black Hawk County recalls the memory of the great warrior leader of the Sacs and Foxes. While he opposed the sale of lands to the whites, and was the chief spirit
Iowa As A State
Last Updated on July 29, 2012 by Dennis Iowa became a state December 28, 1846. She was the twenty-ninth state to enter the Union, and the fourth state carved from the Louisiana Purchase. Ansel Briggs was the first governor. The capitol building was then located at Iowa City, but in obedience to the feeling that
Indian Troubles in Iowa
Last Updated on May 27, 2013 by Dennis Perhaps you know something about the great tract of land which the United States bought from France, in 1803, at the cost of a little less than two and one-half cents per acre. It was called the Louisiana Purchase, and was larger in area than the whole
French Missionary
Last Updated on July 29, 2012 by Dennis America had been discovered almost two hundred years before a white man set foot in Iowa. In June, 1673, Father Marquette, a French Missionary, and a Canadian trader by the name of Joliet, with five companions whose names are not now known, sailed down the “Great Father