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Norwegian immigration to Iowa began in 1840 [52] with settlement at Sugar Creek [90] in southeastern Iowa, and continued with immigration to northern Iowa in the late 1840s. [91] The Sugar Creek colony in Lee County was the result of a failed Missouri colony, and has its origins in the second Norwegian colony in the United States, that of Fox ...
Pages in category "1881 establishments in Iowa" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "1881 in Iowa" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Great Flood of 1881; H.
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.
The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1587296857. Shambaugh, Bertha Maude Horack (1908). Amana: The Community of True Inspiration. Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa. Webber, Philip E. (2009). Kolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press.
The area was closed to white settlers until the 1830s, after the Black Hawk War ended. It was attached to the Michigan Territory on June 28, 1834. At an extra session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Michigan held in September, 1834, the Iowa District was divided into two counties by running a line due west from the lower end of Rock Island ...
William M. McFarland (1848–1905), McFarland started the Brooklyn Chronicle newspaper in Brooklyn, Iowa, and then the Estherville Vindicator newspaper in Estherville. While living in Estherville, McFarland served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1888 to 1892 and was a Republican. He then served as Iowa Secretary of State from 1891 to ...
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