Iowa Archives (2024)

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Who were the first white settlers in Iowa? ›

A few, however, secured land grants and settled in the area when Iowa was under Spanish jurisdiction. The first settler appears to have been Julien Dubuque, a French-Canadian man who arrived at the lead mines near modern-day Dubuque in 1787.

Iowa became the 29th state on December 28, 1846. Iowa is the only state bordered by two navigable rivers; the Missouri River to the west and the Mississippi River to the east. The capital of Iowa is Des Moines.

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Stanton is commonly known as the Little White City. Although commonly believed to be in reference to almost everyone painting their house white, the nickname originated from railroad conductors.

Dubuque is Iowa's oldest city and is among the oldest settlements west of the Mississippi River. The first permanent settler to the area was French-Canadian fur trader Julien Dubuque. When he arrived in 1785, the Mesquakie (Fox) Indians occupied the region which included an abundant amount of lead mines.

Sabula is the site of Iowa's only island city. The island has a beach and a campground, as well as a harbor with boat docks and storage sheds to store boats during the winter.

The descendants of Germans constitute the largest ethnic group in Iowa, making up about two-fifths of the population. Most of the original German settlers came to Iowa to farm, but many ended up moving to Iowa's towns.

Des Moines has the largest population (25,011) of African Americans in any city in Iowa.

Iowa ranked in the top 10 for infrastructure (No. 1), health care, education, opportunity and quality of life.

Iowa (IA) The name Iowa comes from the native Ioway tribe, and does the title "Iowans." They are also sometimes called Hawkeyes!

How do I find public records in Iowa? ›

Public case documents can be viewed on a public access terminal at the courthouse in the county where the case was filed. Can't access or log into Iowa Courts Online? Contact the Technical Help Desk at support@iowacourts.gov or 1-800-831-1396, Monday - Friday 7 AM - 5 PM except holidays.

A combination of pulp comic and movie serial heroes of the 1930s and 1940s with a dash of inspiration from the lives of real archaeologists, Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr. (as played by Harrison Ford) remains the embodiment of the academic action hero that other properties strive to emulate.

After stepping into an acting role of chief archivist in November last year, Anahera Morehu has now been appointed to the permanent role of chief archivist at Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga Archives New Zealand (Archives NZ).

Norsem*n. Norse Viking explorers are the first known Europeans to set foot on North America. Norse journeys to Greenland and Canada are supported by historical and archaeological evidence.

The largest immigrant groups to settle in Iowa were from the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland). In the last two decades of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century, there was an increase in immigrants coming from eastern and southern Europe.

In early historical times the tribes resident in Iowa were the Ioway (northern, central and eastern Iowa) and the Sioux (northwest Iowa). In the eighteenth century, the Sauk and Mesquakie were driven out of their ancestral homelands in eastern Wisconsin by the Ojibwa, with the assistance of the French.

The timeline for the Age of Discovery presumably starts with the Vikings. Several timelines assume that Scandinavian Vikings discovered the continent during their maritime explorations of the late 10th century, which later resulted in the Norse colonisation of Greenland and of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.