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The written history of Iowa begins with the proto-historic accounts of Native Americans by explorers such as Marquette and Joliet in the 1680s. Until the early 19th century Iowa was occupied exclusively by Native Americans and a few European traders, with loose political control by France and Spain. [1] [2] Iowa became part of the United States ...
Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the ...
The Territory of Iowa was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1838, [1] until December 28, 1846, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Iowa. The remainder of the territory would have no organized territorial government until the Minnesota Territory ...
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 during James K. Polk's presidency. A year before, a proposed northern border went as far as St. Paul, Minnesota.
To celebrate Iowa History Month, the Register has published weekly essays from leading state historians. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Iowa History Month: ...
The number increased to 620 in 1910, and the population reached 2,650 in 1920. One of the communities benefiting from this growth was Mason City, where the total population nearly doubled from ...
Excavations at the Late Archaic Edgewater Park Site in Coralville. The archaeology of Iowa is the study of the buried remains of human culture within the U.S. state of Iowa from the earliest prehistoric through the late historic periods. When the American Indians first arrived in what is now Iowa more than 13,000 years ago, they were hunters ...
The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI), a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, serves as the official historical repository for the State of Iowa and also provides grants, public education, and outreach about Iowa history and archaeology. The SHSI maintains a museum, library, archives, and research center in Des Moines and ...