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Small groups of Austro-Hungarians and Italians arrived. | Small groups of Austro-Hungarians and Italians arrived. | ||
== Routes to Iowa == | == Routes to Iowa == | ||
Many early settlers of Iowa came by way of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The main steamboat route from the Middle Atlantic states and the Southern states followed the Ohio River and the Mississippi River to Keokuk. | Many early settlers of Iowa came by way of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The main steamboat route from the Middle Atlantic states and the Southern states followed the Ohio River and the Mississippi River to Keokuk. | ||
*The westward migration of Latter-day Saints opened an [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html overland trail] from the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs which was still used by covered wagons long after the railroad first reached the Mississippi in 1854. | *The westward migration of Latter-day Saints opened an [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html overland trail] from the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs which was still used by covered wagons long after the railroad first reached the Mississippi in 1854. | ||
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*''Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'' <ref> Eichholz, Alice, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992. (FHL book 973 D27rb 1992; computer number 594021.)</ref> Contains bibliographies and background information on history and ethnic groups. Also contains maps and tables showing when each county was created. | *''Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'' <ref> Eichholz, Alice, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992. (FHL book 973 D27rb 1992; computer number 594021.)</ref> Contains bibliographies and background information on history and ethnic groups. Also contains maps and tables showing when each county was created. | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
*''[http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html#text1 History of Iowa], ''Dorothy Schwieder, professor of history, Iowa State University'' '' | *''[http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html#text1 History of Iowa], ''Dorothy Schwieder, professor of history, Iowa State University'' '' | ||
===Sources and Footnotes=== | ===Sources and Footnotes=== | ||
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[[Category:Iowa|Emigration]] [[Category:Emigration_and_Immigration]] [[Category:Dutch]] [[Category:Mennonites]] [[Category:Germans]] | [[Category:Iowa|Emigration]] [[Category:Emigration_and_Immigration]] [[Category:Dutch]] [[Category:Mennonites]] [[Category:Germans]] | ||