Sketches of Early Iowa History in Dubuque and Fort Madison
This installment recounts early Iowa settlement patterns around Dubuque and Fort Madison, the mixed frontier society, crimes and punishments, religious beginnings, and the rise of Dubuque as a mining hub. It notes Julien Dubuque, the town’s 1835 population, and the 1834 Methodist church and Sabbath school, plus tales of tar and feathering and frontier justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
N. Littler
Washington County Gazette
Dubuque
Wheeler
Missouri
Young Wheeler
Sibbath School
Price
Augus
Davis Gafford
Johnson
Methodist Church
Tle
Goilene
Maj. Newhal
Thomas Harrison
Messrs. Jones & Kilburn
Wisconia
Ilinois
Keokuk and Davenport Pioneers Shake Early Iowa Roots
Sketches recount Keokuk’s 1830s rise from fur trade post to county seat bid amid Half Breed Tract settlement. It covers Danville, Augusta, West Point, Denmark, Davenport, Rockingham, Burlington, and early town layouts, mills, and elections for county organization and seats.
Early white settlement in Louisa County and Keokuk lands
The text notes that permanent settlement in what became Louisa County was delayed by the need to extinguish Indian title to the Keokuk reservation. It states Indians left the lands by 1836 or 1887, allowing settlers to stay, with Wapello, the county seat, founded around 1837 on the Iowa River site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lineh
Patrick O'Conner
Dubuque
George O'Keal
Trishman
Eliphatet Pres
Claven County
Iowa
Wheeler
Flere
Missouri
Linch
Deal
Debuque
Wisconsin
Blackhawk Purchase
Lieut
Ibers M. Lea
U.S. Dragoons
Geo . Jones
Congress
United States
Lewis
American Fur Company
Campbell
Keokuk
Isaac Galland
New York Land Company
Thirt Y
John Gaines
James Brierly
Henry J. Campbell
U. S
Lee
Robert EB. Lee
Des Moines
Mississippi
West Point
Denmark
Burlington
Augusta
Skunk River
Mississippi River
Levi Moffitt
Skunk
Danville
Middle States
First Baptist Church
Iiona
van Buren County
Farmington
Keosauqua
Salem
Henry County
Aaron Street
Society of Friends
Indiana
Friends
New Purchase
Their
Ma. Pleasant
Presley Saunders
New London
Mount Pleasant
Trenton
William Milligan
Wapello
Black Hawk
Florence
Harrison
Fredonia
Columbus City
Bloomington
Kasey
Cyoh
Fisher
Antoine LeClaire
Davenport
Harrison Street
LeClaire
George Davennor
W. M. Gordon
Thomas Smith
Alex McGreggor
Levi S. Colton
Philip Hambaugh
Capt
James May
Major Gordon
George Devenport
Island
Rock Island Vines Tsi
Bor! Island
St. Louis
Place
James Mackintosh
LeCuire
D Diedridge
Rockingham
Newhall
Flint Hills
War Club
Pburlington
Morton M. McCarver
Simpson S. White
LY Savage
WL OR. Joes
Jeremiah Smith
Belmont
Bur- Ineson
William KR. Ross
Monroe County
Lows
Lea
Rock River
Scott County
D. R. Barrows
Willard Kaurrows
Gen. Geo. B. Sargent
Ebenezer Cook
John P. Cook
G. C. J. Mitchell
D. C. Eldridge
Louisa County
Not the Creator's Idea A Hiviwan
A cryptic line contrasts a wicked, greedy being with the honest Joan God made, mentioning Ylacerd and Orieon Swett Marden in a reflective, era tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Ylacerd
Orieon
Magellan Circumnavigated the Globe Says Early Text
The article states Magellan was killed in the Philippines while his voyage around the world began in 1519. It claims he sailed west to 14 degrees east and earlier east to 180 degrees east, concluding he circumnavigated the globe despite his death before completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magellan
Philip- Pioe Islands
Fonglinde
Greenwich
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. S. Littler
Dee Moines
Illinois
Previege Dubuque
Tafan
Galena
Charles Mason
Burington
Washington PD
New York
Fort Madison
Lee County
Zechariah Hawkins
Benjamin, Jennings
Aaron White
Augustine Horton
Daniel Thompson
Peter Williams
John N. Knapp
Nathaniel Knapp
Clackhawk
Notling
J. T. Newhall
Julien Dubuque
Prairie du Chien
Jauten Dubuque
Michigan
Julien
Yveare
Old
Thas
Demoine
D'Strict
Adam Ogilvie
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