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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iowa (search)
Territory of Louisiana, ceded to the United States in 1803. The first settlement by Europeans was made by Julian Du Buque, who, in 1788, obtained a grant of a large tract, including the site of the city of Dubuque and the mineral lands around it. There he built a fort, and manufactured lead and traded with Indians until his death, in 1810. The Territory was placed under the jurisdiction of Michigan in 1834, and in 1836 under that of Wisconsin. It was erected into a separate Territory June 12, 1838, and included all the country north of Missouri between the Mississippi and the Missouri and the British line. This comprised a greater part of Minnesota and the whole of the present Dakotas, with an area of 94,000 square miles. The government was established at Iowa City, in 1839. In 1844 a State constitution was formed, but an application for admission into the Union was denied. The admission was effected Dec. 28, 1846, and in 1857 the capital was established at Des Moines. This S
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
, and Jonathan Cilley, of New Hampshire, members of the House......Feb. 24, 1838 [Fought with rifles; Cilley killed at the third shot.] First regular passage by steamer across the Atlantic completed by the Great Western and Sirius. Sirius seventeen days from London, and Great Western fifteen days from Bristol. Both arrive at New York City......April 23, 1838 Banks in New England and New York resume specie payments......May 10, 1838 Iowa receives a territorial government......June 12, 1838 Second session adjourns......July 9, 1838 United States exploring expedition to the Antarctic and Pacific oceans, under command of Lieut. Charles Wilkes, sails from Hampton Roads......Aug. 18, 1838 Third session assembles......Dec. 3, 1838 Charles G. Atherton, of New Hampshire, introduces a resolution in the House, known as the Atherton gag, to prevent the discussion of slavery. It passes by a vote of 127 to 78......Dec. 11, 1838 Loss of steamboats on the Western rivers
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iowa, (search)
Governor Dodge, United States commissioner, and the Sacs and Foxes; Indians sell to United States the Keokuk reserve, 256,000 acres, at 75 cents per acre......September, 1836 Burlington, settled in 1833, is incorporated......1837 Treaty with the Sacs and Foxes extends the western boundary of the Black Hawk purchase in lat. 45° 40′ to include the principal sources of the Iowa River......Oct. 21, 1837 Territory of Iowa erected, including all Wisconsin west of the Mississippi......June 12, 1838 Territorial government inaugurated at Burlington......July 4, 1838 Black Hawk, who had settled on the Des Moines River, dies......Oct. 3, 1838 Seat of government removed to Iowa City......1839 Boundary disputes between Missouri and Iowa cause fighting on the border; one Iowan is killed in resisting the Missouri sheriff's collection of taxes......1839 Constitution adopted by a convention which meets at Iowa City Oct. 7, 1844......Nov. 1, 1844 Enabling act for Iowa approv