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- The first official white settlement in Iowa began in June 1833, in the Black Hawk Purchase. Most of Iowa's first white settlers came from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia. The great majority of newcomers came in family units.
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Utopians came to Iowa in the 1850s to start the communistic colonies of Icaria, Amana, and New Buda, where property was held in common. [68] Icaria was a French colony settled near Corning, Iowa, in 1858.
Miners from the Great Britain and Ireland gravitated to the Dubuque area to mine lead in the 1820s. The numbers swelled in the 1830s with the opening of eastern Iowa following the Black Hawk War. Through the remainder of the century, western Europe provided the bulk of immigrants to Iowa.
Jul 30, 2024 · The principal groups that came to Iowa from the early 1800s to the early 1900s were: 1788-1810 The first European settlers in Iowa were French-Canadians, who worked in the lead mines near present-day Dubuque. 1833–50 The Black Hawk Treaty of 1833 opened most of Iowa to white settlement.
Iowa has been the destination for immigrants since it began welcoming settlers in the 1830s. The origins of those new arrivals changed significantly over the past 175 years and can be roughly divided into three waves. In each case, they came in response to a combination of “push/pull” factors.
As thousands of settlers poured into Iowa in the mid-1800s, all shared a common concern for the development of adequate transportation. The earliest settlers shipped their agricultural goods down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, but by the 1850s, Iowans had caught the nation's railroad fever.
3 days ago · Most of the original German settlers came to Iowa to farm, but many ended up moving to Iowa’s towns. German culture in Iowa was hampered during World War I, as it was in other states, when an anti-German movement swept the country. In 1918 Iowa’s governor issued an edict prohibiting the use of German in public places (including places of ...
It was the prairie, the climate and the rich soil that brought the pioneers to Iowa. Indians, for many years, had fashioned their living form this land and they had named it. But when the land was opened to the white man, settlers came in droves.
