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Iowa was the destination of many who left Illinois in the 1850s. Illinois families also helped settle Kansas and Nebraska. Others joined the California gold rush or traveled the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest. | Iowa was the destination of many who left Illinois in the 1850s. Illinois families also helped settle Kansas and Nebraska. Others joined the California gold rush or traveled the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest. | ||
The abundance and availability of land attracted the most Swedish immigrants, especially Illinois and Minnesota. For further reading: [[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Swedish_American:_Illinois_History]] | |||
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