This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Iowa’s Early White Footprints and Pioneers
A compact history of Iowa’s first white presence from Marquette and Joliet’s footprints to Dubuque’s mining and early settlements. It notes Lee county traders, Montrose and Davenport origins, Keokuk’s name, early town sites, religious firsts, and the 1837 Burlington convention via the 1881 History of Iowa and Iowa County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marquette
Louis Joliet
Iowa
Julien Dubuque
Mississippi
Peosta
France
Dubuque
Canada
Louisiana
Baron de Carondelet
Lee County
Ft. Des Moines
Ft. Leavenworth
Keokuk
Farmer’s
Lower Rapids
Isaac ¢. Campbell
Congress
Prairie du Chien
St. Louis
John Gaines
Burlington
Daniel Tothere
Mississippi River
Samuel White
Iowa River
Kansas
Scott County
Col
Davenport
U. S. Government
Rock Island
Nauvoo
Ill
Black Hawk Purchase
LeClaire
Iowa County