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*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. | ||
*Many of the migrants into Iowa did not stay long. Some left for the gold rush, Others went to lands in the West. | *Many of the migrants into Iowa did not stay long. Some left for the gold rush, Others went to lands in the West. | ||
*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. <ref> ''Mormon handcart story'' by Gustive Olaf Larson. (Salt Lake City, Utah&amp;nbsp;: Deseret Book, c1956) {{FHL|145182|item|disp= | *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. <ref> ''Mormon handcart story'' by Gustive Olaf Larson. (Salt Lake City, Utah&amp;nbsp;: Deseret Book, c1956) {{FHL|145182|item|disp= FS Library Book 979.2 H2Lm}} </ref> | ||
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