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Sioux City Beginnings and Early Growth Chronicle
Early Sioux City history recalls Lewis and Clark exploration near 1804, Sergeant Floyd burial on a bluff, and pioneers Thompson and Brugh establishing settlements. By 1856 steamboats brought houses, with formal incorporation in 1857 and 1867, marking Sioux City's rise as a regional commerce hub.
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Sioux City
Lewis and Clark
Jeff St. Louis
Missouri
Charles Floyd
William Thompson
Adven
Ployd’s Bluff
Theophile Brught Brench
Thompson
Prig
Khan Pur Company
Leav
War Eagle
John K. Cook
Towa
St. Louis