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''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Iowa Genealogy|Iowa]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Iowa Ethnic Groups'''<br> | ''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Iowa Ethnic Groups'''<br> | ||
'''The First Residents of Iowa'''<br> | '''The First Residents of Iowa'''<br> | ||
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==French== | ==French== | ||
French explorers were the first white men to settle in Iowa. They were there when France ceded the land to Spain. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/soi/soic4.htm Mines of Spain] </ref> Once they settled on mining more French Canadians immigrated to the area. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/moi/moi12.htm Early Iowa Settlers] </ref> | French explorers were the first white men to settle in Iowa. They were there when France ceded the land to Spain. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/soi/soic4.htm Mines of Spain] </ref> Once they settled on mining more French Canadians immigrated to the area. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/moi/moi12.htm Early Iowa Settlers] </ref> | ||
In 1857 a group of Icariens, about 40 members, crossed the Mississippi and headed west to form | In 1857 a group of Icariens, about 40 members, crossed the Mississippi and headed west to form a colony Icaria, near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corning,_Iowa Corning, Iowa]. <ref>Robert P. Sutton, ''Les Icariens: the utopian dream in Europe and America'' </ref> | ||
*[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/artifact_detail.cfm?aid=a_000739&oid=ob_000150 The Icariens] | *[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/artifact_detail.cfm?aid=a_000739&oid=ob_000150 The Icariens] | ||
==German== | ==German== | ||
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*[[Mennonites|Mennonites]] | *[[Mennonites|Mennonites]] | ||
==Irish== | ==Irish== | ||
Bellevue, Charleston (now Sabula) and Concord Township in Dubuque county were all large Irish settlements. Another large percentage of Irish were among the early immigrants to Bankston, Farley and Dyersville. A few families, about | Bellevue, Charleston (now Sabula) and Concord Township in Dubuque county were all large Irish settlements. Another large percentage of Irish were among the early immigrants to Bankston, Farley and Dyersville. A few families, about fifty Irish settled along the Maquoketa River near Cascade in 1842. [http://www.emmetsburg.com/About/History.htm Emmitsburg] was founded by a large group of Irish and has as it's sister city Dublin, Ireland. | ||
*[http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/irishsettlersiniowa.htm Irish Towns In Iowa] | *[http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/irishsettlersiniowa.htm Irish Towns In Iowa] | ||