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William Abbe (c. 1800–1854) served on the Iowa Council and is believed to have been the first white settler in Linn County, Iowa. Originally from Ohio, he traveled west in search of land in 1836. Little is known about Abbe until this time. Abbe Creek, on which he established his homestead, still bears his name today.
Norwegian immigration to Iowa began in 1840 [52] with settlement at Sugar Creek [90] in southeastern Iowa, and continued with immigration to northern Iowa in the late 1840s. [91] The Sugar Creek colony in Lee County was the result of a failed Missouri colony, and has its origins in the second Norwegian colony in the United States, that of Fox ...
It was founded in 1857 in Iowa City, where it was first affiliated with the University of Iowa. As the organization grew in size and collections, it became a separate state agency headquartered near the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. [2] [3] Since March of 2024, the Administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa has been Valerie Van Kooten. [4]
The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1587296857. Shambaugh, Bertha Maude Horack (1908). Amana: The Community of True Inspiration. Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa. Webber, Philip E. (2009). Kolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press.
Its historic importance is derived from being two pioneer farmsteads from the last section of Iowa opened to settlement. [2] John and Marion Duncan were the first settlers on this land and built the 1½-story frame house on the farmstead to the east around 1878. It is the only structure left from his era.
This is the 1844 plat for Fort Des Moines, which is two years before Iowa becomes a state (1846), five years before the first edition of the Des Moines Register's predecessor, the Iowa Star, is ...
State of Iowa - Iowa State Historical Department - Office of Historical Preservation - This certifies that James E. Lindsay House has been entered in THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - This action taken under provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of October 15, 1966 and Chapter 303, the Code of Iowa. Signed by Governor of ...
The facility stood empty for several years when it was designated as a preservation project to observe the United States Bicentennial. The park is named after Nathaniel Hamlin, one of the first settlers in Audubon County. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]