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'''The First Residents of Iowa'''<br> | '''The First Residents of Iowa'''<br> | ||
Many tribes and bands of [[Indians of Iowa|Indians]] lived or traveled through "the beautiful land" of Iowa. <ref>'Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [https://archive.org/details/handbookamindians02hodgrich Available online].</ref> A timeline is available at [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] detailing the eventual turn over of land from the Indians to settlers. Between 1833 and 1851 after a series of treaties extinguished Indian claims to the land, the first permanent white settlements were made in eastern Iowa. <ref> [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] </ref> Reservations, agencies and the half breed contract <ref> [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hannahslife/genealogy/history_of_the_half_breed_tract.htm The Half Breed Tract] </ref> are | Many tribes and bands of [[Indians of Iowa|Indians]] lived or traveled through "the beautiful land" of Iowa. <ref>'Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [https://archive.org/details/handbookamindians02hodgrich Available online].</ref> A timeline is available at [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] detailing the eventual turn over of land from the Indians to settlers. Between 1833 and 1851 after a series of treaties extinguished Indian claims to the land, the first permanent white settlements were made in eastern Iowa. <ref> [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] </ref> Reservations, agencies and the half breed contract <ref> [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hannahslife/genealogy/history_of_the_half_breed_tract.htm The Half Breed Tract] </ref> are discussed in the [[Indigenous Peoples of Iowa|Indigenous Peoples of Iowa]] page. | ||
== Iowa's Ethnic Fabric == | == Iowa's Ethnic Fabric == | ||
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==Dutch== | ==Dutch== | ||
[[Image:Vermeer Mill.JPG|thumb|right|250px]] | [[Image:Vermeer Mill.JPG|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
Large numbers of Dutch farmers and craftsman searching for religious freedom left Holland for the lush land in central Iowa. Pella was settled by 800 Dutch immigrants. With encouragement from those in Pella more Dutch families immigrated and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_City,_Iowa Orange City] was settled in the mid | Large numbers of Dutch farmers and craftsman searching for religious freedom left Holland for the lush land in central Iowa. Pella was settled by 800 Dutch immigrants. With encouragement from those in Pella more Dutch families immigrated and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_City,_Iowa Orange City] was settled in the mid-1800s. <ref>[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/myPath.cfm?ounid=ob_000205 Iowa Pathways ''The Dutch''] </ref> | ||
Once these settlements were well established, letters and printed material sent home to Holland generated a constant stream of immigrants to the area. This went for 85 years until 1930 when the [http://colfa.utsa.edu/users/jreynolds/Ybarra/part3.htm Great Depression and immigration quotas] but a stop the influx of the Dutch. <ref> [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Du-Ha/Dutch-Americans.html Dutch Americans] </ref> | Once these settlements were well established, letters and printed material sent home to Holland generated a constant stream of immigrants to the area. This went for 85 years until 1930 when the [http://colfa.utsa.edu/users/jreynolds/Ybarra/part3.htm Great Depression and immigration quotas] but a stop the influx of the Dutch. <ref> [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Du-Ha/Dutch-Americans.html Dutch Americans] </ref> | ||
*[http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ia/mar/pella.htm Biographies of Early Pella Settlers] | *[http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ia/mar/pella.htm Biographies of Early Pella Settlers] | ||
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*[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== | ||
In the | In the 1840s Germans began to arrive in Iowa. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-Eighters “forty-eighters”] of 1848 brought more German immigrants due to political unrest. Then in 1860, with the conscripting of young men into the army, they, along with their families fled to the welcoming land of Iowa. Keokuk, Burlington, Muscatine, Davenport, Lyons, and Dubuque were destination settlements for Germans. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-Eighters Forty-Eighters] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-Eighters Forty-Eighters] | ||
*[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000206 Germans] | *[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000206 Germans] | ||
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*[http://names.mongabay.com/ancestry/Iowa.html Largest ethnic groups in Iowa] | *[http://names.mongabay.com/ancestry/Iowa.html Largest ethnic groups in Iowa] | ||
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html The Germans of Iowa And Their Achievements] | *[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html The Germans of Iowa And Their Achievements] | ||
*[http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/personsbest.htm Persons Best Qualified to Emigrate] <ref> J.B. Newhall; ''A Glimpse of Iowa in 1846; or , The Emigrant's Guide, and State Directory'' Burlington, Iowa; 1846 </ref> | *[http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/personsbest.htm Persons Best Qualified to Emigrate] <ref> J.B. Newhall; ''A Glimpse of Iowa in 1846; or, The Emigrant's Guide, and State Directory'' Burlington, Iowa; 1846 </ref> | ||
==Sources and Footnotes== | ==Sources and Footnotes== | ||
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