Iowa Commemorates 88th Anniversary of Statehood
William Atherton traces Iowa’s 1846 statehood journey from territorial days through Black Hawk War and frontier settlement to Iowa City convention. The piece surveys Hawaii’s bid for statehood, sugar economy, and broader United States growth, ending with Iowa’s agricultural strength and vast farmland.
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Iowa
Iowa Territory
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Dakotas
White Earth
Missouri
Illinois
Hawkeye
Indiana
Black Hawk
Saukenuk
Mississippi
Rock Rivers
Sacs and Foxes
St. Louis
Red Brothers
United States
Atlantic
Rock River
Bad Axe River
Fort Armstrong
Iowa City
Congress
Des Moines
Oklahoma
Ing
Thaddeus
New England
Hawaii
Horn
Delaware
Nevada
Vermont
Wyoming
Cuba
Philippines
Fellowship of States
Spring Fountain Social Highlights and Family News
A Spring Fountain gathering hosted Leo Meyer and Art Kiichmann as they near departure for Florida. The party featured 500, visiting, and honors for Leo, with multiple local families visiting relatives, church group outings, and illness updates including Anna Meyer’s appendicitis and subsequent operation.
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Ford Meyer
Leo
Art Kiichmann
Florida
Gail
Mildred Creager
Ruby Cormann
Leona Tift
Esther Kingsbury
Viola Kirchmann
Herman Kasemeier
Bill McCue
Orville
Joe Volker
Max
Marion Hill
Reinhardt Stahlhut
Henry Kirchmann
Max Hill
Gail Creager
Leo Meyer
Dalton Meyer
Mildred
Art Kirchmann
Waterloo
August Steege
Alfred Rohrssen and Son
Fred Bockhaus
Tripoli
Lenora Steege
John Struck
Dale
Ernie
Mardell Mae Meyer
Lester Thompson
Wisconsin
Walter Thompson
Charles Thompson
Darlene Sommer
Lena Sommer
Alvin Sommer
Art Kuker
August Meyer
Spring Fountain
Bremer
Emil Steege
Theo. Stahlhut
Darlene
Walter Bodermann
Albert Rieck
Marlowe and
Alen
Fred Holmes
Revera Holm
Lenora
Mildred Steege
Esther
Clara Braun
Anna Meyer
Will Meyer
Erica Runge
Norma Volker
Norman Kuepker
Leonard Steege
Louie Braun
Westgate
Lutheran Church
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William Atherton Dupuy
Pacific
California
Territory of
Iowa Territorial Legislature
Belmont
Paul Schroeder
Schroeder
Denver
Ernest Bodermann
Clarence Bodermann
Herbert Bodermann
Louise Bodermann
Mildred Kuker
Alberta Meyer
Geraldine Steege
Burnida
Leonard
Sophia Braun
Clara
Fred
George Kuepker
Walter Kuepker
Maxine
Richard Steege
Marion
Bill Aegerter
Art Kaker
Louie Meyer
Luke Hannaman
Munity
Luke
Sax
Tarsid