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Most northeastern and southeastern states were heavily timbered; settlers there had material for building homes, outbuildings, and fences. Moreover, wood also provided ample fuel. Once past the extreme eastern portion of Iowa, settlers quickly discovered that the state was primarily a prairie or tall grass region. Trees grew abundantly in the ...
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.
In 1856, Casady moved from Indiana to Sioux City, Iowa, one of the first white settlers on the historically Indigenous Dakota land of the Western frontier.He fought in the Sioux Wars as part of the Sioux City Cavalry, an armed group of white settlers that was formed in November, 1861, and merged into the 7th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry as Company I in July, 1863.
They married and she returned with him to Sioux City. In the 1860s, they settled on a 500-acre (2.0 km 2) farm in the Salix, Iowa area. On February 18, 1896, Bruguier died from pneumonia. He was interred at the Catholic cemetery near Salix. In 1926, he was re-buried near the grave of his first two wives and War Eagle. [1]
In 1851 the first white settlers came into the area of the present county and settled on Clear Lake. Four years later, on August 7, 1855, the first elections were held and the first legal proceedings occurred in 1857. In the summer of the same year, Livonia was chosen as the new county seat. In 1858, the seat was returned to Mason City.
Downtown and North Dubuque, Iowa, looking north from the Fourth Street Elevator. The city of Dubuque, Iowa stretches back over 200 years, when Julien Dubuque first settled in the area in the late 18th century. Within the modern era, the city has focused on subjects such as flooding, racial issues, and redevelopment. First European Settlement Dubuque was the first permanent European settlement ...
More than 500 white settlers lost their lives along with 150 Dakota warriors. The news of the event spread in what is known as the Great Indian Scare of 1862 .
He was born at Hopkinton, New York, in February. 1807.In 1827, with his brother James, he engaged in lead mining in Illinois, and in 1830 came to what would become Dubuque (then still part of Michigan Territory) for the same purpose, supposedly the first white settlers in that area since the death of Julien Dubuque.