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Iowa became part of the United States of America after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but uncontested U.S. control over what is now Iowa occurred only after the War of 1812 and after a series of treaties eliminated Indian claims on the state. Beginning in the 1830s Euro-American settlements appeared in the Iowa Territory, U.S. statehood was ...
Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a 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 north.
How old is Iowa? Iowa became the 29 th state on Dec. 28, 1846. The state celebrated 175 years of statehood in 2021. Who was president when Iowa became a state? James Knox Polk, the 11 th president ...
It was founded in 1857 in Iowa City, where it was first affiliated with the University of Iowa. As the organization grew in size and collections, it became a separate state agency headquartered near the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. [2] [3] Since March of 2024, the Administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa has been Valerie Van Kooten. [4]
In a state where corn and soybeans dominate today, in the early 1900s sugar beets became an important farm product in north-central Iowa. In 1910, it was reported Cerro Gordo County alone produced ...
March is Iowa History Month. To celebrate Iowa History Month, the Register has published weekly essays from leading state historians. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: ...
The sacred cause of union: Iowa in the Civil War. Iowa and the midwest experience. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1-60938-435-7. Bergman, Marvin, ed. Iowa History Reader (1996) essays by scholars. Clark, Olynthus B. The Politics of Iowa during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1911)
When Anna Larrabee died in December 1931, newspapers across the state referred to her with the moniker of “Iowa’s Ideal Mother.” While she championed many traditional causes in her lifetime ...