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	Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Farm Crisis of the 1980's saw a major decline of family farms in Iowa and around the Midwest, and was marked by a sharp drop in the state's rural population.
		Iowa is bordered by Minnesota on the north, Nebraska and South Dakota on the west, Missouri on the south, and Wisconsin and Illinois on the east.
		Iowa is home of 49 endangered and 35 threatened animal species as well as 64 endangered and 89 threatened plant species [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iowa (1560 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		IOWA, one of the West North Central states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Minnesota, on the E by Wisconsin and Illinois, on the S by Missouri, and on the W by Nebraska and South Dakota.
		Iowa’s most level land is found in the Western Great Lakes Lowland region of the N central part of the state; its flatness was caused by the planing of ice sheets during each of the major glacial periods.
		The Iowa region successively formed a part of the territories of Louisiana (1805–12), Missouri (1812–21), Michigan (1834–36), and Wisconsin (1836–38); between 1821 and 1834 it was an unorganized area of the U.S. In 1808 the federal government established Fort Madison, but the garrison was withdrawn in 1813 because of hostility by the native Indian tribes.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/iowa.html (3390 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iowa
		Iowa is one of the North Central States of the American Union, and is about midway between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
		Although this was not the first concession of territory in Iowa by the Indians, it was the first which opened any portion of the land for settlement by the whites.
		In 1834 that part of the Louisiana Purchase now included in the State of Iowa was made a part of the Territory of Michigan; in 1836 it was attached to, and made a part of, the new Territory of Wisconsin, and in 1838 was established separately as the Territory of Iowa.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08093b.htm (4501 words)

	Iowa History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Iowa was one of the first regions in the Middle West to be visited by white men--explorers and fur traders from Spain's colonies in the Southwest, French Canada, and England.
		Iowa was the only state that lost population in the first decade of the 20th century, but since 1920 the population has remained fairly stable.
		Iowa's first seal was used from 1839 and had a simple design of an American eagle holding a bow and arrow.
	members.aol.com /ragruwell/iahist.html (2236 words)

	History of Iowa Chapter 3 - The Birth of a State
		The Upper Iowa River is in the northeast corner of Iowa, and must not be confounded with the Iowa River in the southern half of the State.
		The New Lands, as the Territory was popularly known, attracted settlers clear from the Atlantic coast.
		Iowa would be a different shape, and the northwest corner would have been cut off, had the boundaries selected in 1844 been allowed to stand.
	iagenweb.org /history/moi/MOIChp3.htm (1685 words)

	Iowa
		Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase, a deal arranged between President Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte of France in 1803 that brought a vast tract of the continent under the control of the United States.
		The Iowa General Assembly chose the oak because it is abundant in the state and serves as shelter, food, and nesting cover for many animals and birds.
		Because Iowa is well known of the presence of the geode, it was chosen as the official rock in an effort to promote tourism in the state.
	www.geocities.com /~karmona/iowa.htm (1570 words)

	Organic Law Of Iowa and Amendments Thereto
		And be it further enacted, That the executive power and authority in and over the said territory of Iowa shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for three years, unless sooner removed by the president of the United States.
		And be it further enacted, That the judicial power of the said territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace.
		There shall also be a marshal for the territory appointed, who shall hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the president, who shall execute all process issuing from the said courts when exercising their jurisdiction as circuit and district courts of the United States.
	www.angelfire.com /biz2/montecarlo/Organic_Law_Of_Iowa.html (1496 words)

	Iowa -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Iowa became a state in 1846, and Ansel Briggs was elected as the first governor.
		IOWA CITY, IA -- Wisconsin quarterback John Stocco fumbles the ball in the 4th quarter of the game of their game in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday, November 20, 2004.
		IOWA CITY, IA -- Wisconsin's head coach Barry Alvarez makes a 4 and 1 call to go for it on the third quarter of their game against Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday, November 20, 2004.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/iowa_history.asp (1545 words)

	Iowa Hawkeye State Capital Des Moines
		With its fertile, rolling prairies, Iowa is one of the foremost farming states in the United States.
		According to the Iowa State web site, "Two Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name." The nickname was given approval by "territorial officials" in 1838, twelve years after the book was published and eight years before Iowa became a state.
		The Iowa quarter design features a one-room schoolhouse with a teacher and students planting a tree, and the inscriptions "Foundation in Education" and "Grant Wood." The design is based on "Arbor Day," a painting by Grant Wood, who was born near Anamosa, Iowa.
	www.netstate.com /states/intro/ia_intro.htm (890 words)

	Chapter 13
		Resolved, that the secretary of the territory be requested to furnish the members of the council with penknives, stamps, half-a-dozen inkstands and a tin pan for each stove in the council chamber.
		Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Iowa that the postmaster of Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, be and he is hereby authorized to have the mail from Davenport to Dubuque conveyed in two-hourse post coaches during the present session of the legislative assembly.
		The young secretry was regarded as one of the most gifted men in the territory and had endeared himself to everyone in Davenport for his many traits of character, brilliant, eccentric and otherwise, and also on account of his stanch support of everything that tended to the upbuilding and progress of the city.
	www.celticcousins.net /scott/chapter13.html (2502 words)

	State Historical Society of Iowa Historic Site: Plum Grove Kid Guide
		Robert Lucas, former Governor of Ohio, was appointed in 1838 by the President of the United States, Martin Van Buren, to serve as the first Governor of the Territory of Iowa.
		Territory is the name given in the United States to partially self-governing section of the national domain that has not been granted statehood.
		Iowa was organized as a separate Territory by an act of Congress approved on July 12, 1838, but it was not until 1844 that steps were taken to secure admission into the Union.
	www.iowahistory.org /sites/plum_grove/plumgrove_kids_tour_guide.htm (5651 words)

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		Iowa was admitted to the Union as the twenty-ninth state on December 28, 1846.
		At one time, Iowa was a part of the territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin, until the Iowa Territory was formed in 1838.
		Iowa's economy grew between the 1850's and 1880's, after railroad companies were given land grants and encouraged to build.
	users.netropolis.net /slummit/port/katieh/piece3.htm (880 words)

	Articles - Iowa Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Iowa Territory was an organized territory of the United States from July 4, 1838 until December 28, 1846 when it became Iowa, the 29th state.
		It was attached to the Michigan Territory on June 28, 1834, and was split off with the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 when Michigan became a state.
		The Iowa Territory was the "Iowa District" of western Wisconsin Territory--the region west of the Mississippi River.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Iowa_Territory (235 words)

	The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist -- Historic Period
		The historic period began in Iowa with the European exploration of the midcontinent, as evidenced by their written records and artifacts.
		A new territorial capitol was established in Iowa City in 1839, and when statehood was announced in 1846 it became the first state capitol; ``Old Capitol'' is now a National Historic Landmark.
		Archaeological excavations at Plum Grove in Iowa City, the 1844 home of the first Governor of the Territory of Iowa, Robert Lucas, have aided the restoration of that Greek Revival building.
	www.uiowa.edu /~osa/learn/historic/hisper.htm (1820 words)

	Faces of Immigrant Iowa - The Story of Iowa Immigration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Zebulon Pike explores the Iowa shore of the Mississippi.
		The territory of Iowa is established by Congress.
		While Iowa is still 95% of European descent, it is becoming part of the national trend towards greater diversity, with more and more immigration coming from Latin America and Asia.
	www.kirkwood.cc.ia.us /faces/time_iowa.html (467 words)

	Facts and History of Iowa
		Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, designed the Iowa Flag in 1917, and it was officially adopted in 1921.
		Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchased, a deal arranged between President Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte of France that brought a large tract of land to the United states, nearly doubling the size of the ubited States.
		In Iowa City, the government seat was established in a grand structure now known today as the Old Capitol.
	iowa.2havefun.com /history.shtml (827 words)

	Territory of Iowa; The History of Jefferson County, Iowa 1879
		The death of Pontiac, a famous Sac chieftain, was made the pretext for war against the Illini, and a fierce and bloody struggle ensued, which continued until the Illinois were nearly destroyed and their hunting grounds possessed by their victorious foes.
		Their descent from the north upon the hunting grounds of Iowa frequently brought them into collision with the Sacs and Foxes; and after many a conflict and bloody struggle, a boundary line was established between them by the Government of the United States, in a treaty held at Prairie du Chien, in 1825.
		Very soon after the acquisition of Louisiana, the United States Government adopted measures for the exploration of the new territory, having in view the conciliation of the numerous tribes of Indians by whom it was possessed,and, also, the selection of proper sites for the establishment of military posts and trading stations.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/historical/1879_jefferson/jefferson_17.htm (2265 words)

	NARA - Publications - Special List 29: Iowa
		Iowa Territory includes present State of Minnesota and parts of North and South Dakota.
		A Sectional Map of Iowa, Compiled from the official Surveys of the United States and the Public Records of the State & Counties and from Personal Reconnaissance [sic].
		Sectional Map of the State of Iowa, Compiled from the Official Surveys of the United States and the Public Records of the State and Counties & from Personal Reconnaissance by Henn, Williams & Co., Fairfield, Iowa.
	www.archives.gov /publications/finding-aids/maps/ia.html?template=print (936 words)

	Iowa City/Coralville Area Nearby Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Iowa City was designated the Territorial Capital and a newly formed Iowa Territorial Legislature moved the county seat to Iowa City.
		The "Old Capitol" building in Iowa City was donated to the University of Iowa and is maintained as a museum of state history.
		Iowa City was also the end of the line for the Mississippi and Missouri Railway, and Johnson County was the point of departure for seven Mormon handcart expeditions.
	www.jeonet.com /geog.htm (433 words)

	Sketch of Primitive Baptist History in Iowa
		The territory which now comprises the State of Iowa became property of the United States of America as a result of the "Louisiana Purchase," in 1803, nearly thirty years after the American Revolution.
		The "Territory of Iowa" was created in 1838, during the Presidency of Martin Van Buren (1837-1841).
		Elder Morrow later labored for a time in the bounds of the Western Association of Iowa, after which he moved to Oregon, where he was a highly esteemed minister in the bounds of the Siloam Association until his death.
	www.carthage.lib.il.us /community/churches/primbap/FamHist-IowaPBC.html (1291 words)

	1844 Allen Expedition through Iowa Territory - Part 1
		Of the two maps that are mentioned – i.e., the one prepared by Lt. Potter and the replacement based on the map of Nicollet – neither was included in or with the original report.
		In July, enlisted over 500 Mormon men in Council Bluffs, Iowa for an expedition to California to provide a reserve force in the Mexican War which became known as the "Mormon Battalion." This expedition was basically intended to facilitate the Mormons' westward migration.
		CAPTAIN J. The report, journal, and map of Captain J. Allen, of the first regiment of dragoons, of his expedition of the heads of the rivers Des Moines, Blue Earth, andc., in the northwest, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 29th of January, 1845.
	www.jlindquist.com /allen.html (4134 words)

	Local Catholic Church History and Catholic Ancestors - Iowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Diocese of Davenport encompasses the SOUTHEASTERN Iowa counties of Appanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines (county), Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington.
		The same year, the Iowa Territory was established from the Territory of Wisconsin west of the Mississippi River, "...and west of a line drawn due north from the headwaters or sources of the Mississippi to the territorial line..."
		Iowa's Past - Named for a native tribe, the area which became Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase, and closed to non-native settlement prior to the Black Hawk War, which ended in 1832.
	home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/CatholicUS-DubuqueIA.htm (3355 words)

	Centuries of cartography trace path of Iowa from territory to statehood - fyi - University Relations Publications - The ...
		Robert Lucas, the territorial governor, had proposed borders that included almost all of modern-day Iowa and a large portion of southeastern Minnesota as far north as the area that now holds the Twin Cities.
		Hoover is guest curator of The History of Iowa in the Art of Maps, an exhibition of 35 maps on view in the art museum’s Hoover-Paul Gallery through Jan. 30.
		The next maps to follow that [on the walls of the gallery] trace the development of Iowa from the time it became a territory through statehood, showing changes in borders, growing numbers of counties, and eventually, with transportation maps, the role of railroads and the automobile in Iowa’s development.
	www.uiowa.edu /~fyi/issues2004_v42/01072005/maps.html (1396 words)

	CROTON IOWA
		A treaty was made at Washington, August 4, 1824, between the Sacs and Foxes and the United States, by which that portion of Lee County was reserved to the half-breeds of those tribes, and which was afterward known as “The Half-Breed Tract.” This reservation is the triangular piece of land, containing about 119,000 acres.
		These were the titles based on the “decree of partition” issued by the United States District Court for the Territory of Iowa, on the 8th of May, 1841, and certified to by the Clerk on the 2d day of June of that year.
		At the August term of the District Court of Lee County, 1839, two judgements and executions on these lands were obtained—one in behalf of Edward Johnstone, for $1,290; the other in behalf of David Brigham, for $818, for services rendered as Commissioners; and the whole Half-Breed Tract was sold to Hugh T. Reid.
	www.croton-iowa.com (4258 words)

	Historic Burlington, Iowa - History
		Burlington was the first capitol of the Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1840, and the second capitol of the Wisconsin Territory prior to that, 1837 to 1838.
		The oldest public library in Iowa, this building's architecture shows influences of Italian Villa, Renaissance Revival and Georgian Revival.
		Governor of Iowa territory 1838-1841 (in Burlington, Iowa)
	www.visit.burlington.ia.us /history.html (1354 words)

	Iowa, state, United States: History
		However, their hold was doomed after the United States acquired Iowa as part of the
		Iowa State U. prof says bra history has popular appeal, scholarship (University Wire)
		Re-viewing history: the use of the past as negative precedent in United States v.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0858887.html (891 words)

	Iowa Sesquicentenntial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first territorial governor of Iowa was Robert Lucas, who served from 1838-1841.
		Before statehood, the Capital of the Iowa territory was Burlington.
		The University of Iowa was chartered within the first two months of statehood.
	www.jeonet.com /150 (134 words)

	Territory of Iowa
		REGISTER OF THE TERRITORY OF IOWA Iowa Official Register 1909-1910 pgs.
		The constitution adopted by this convention was rejected by the people at an election held on the 4th day of August, 1845, there being 7,235 votes cast "for the constitution," and 7,656 votes cast "against the constitution."
		The first election for state officers was held on the 26th day of October, 1846, pursuant to proclamation of Gov.James Clarke, when Ansel Briggs was elected governor; Elisha Cutler Jr., secretary of state; Joseph T. Fales, auditor, and Morgan Reno, treasurer.
	iagenweb.org /history/register/territoryofiowa.htm (364 words)

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