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The 18th-century French Consul in Egypt, De Pauw, blamed the abandonment of the embalming practices of the Ancient Egyptians and the unsuitability of modern burial practices for the Nile delta for the area becoming "a hotbed of the plague". [54] Some colonial commentary of this kind seemed informed by attitudes underpinning the ruling powers.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
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 ...
The Wallaces of Iowa (1947) online edition; Lyon-Jenness, Cheryl. "Planting a seed: the nineteenth-century horticultural boom in America." Business History Review 78.3 (2004): 381–421. Mayer, Oscar Gottfried. America's meat packing industry; a brief survey of its development and economics. (1939) online edition; McCormick, Cyrus (1931).
European immigration fed Iowa's 19th-century population boom. The Black Hawk War with Indigenous people in 1832 opened the Iowa territory for settlement to immigrants primarily with European ...
From prairie to corn belt; farming on the Illinois and Iowa prairies in the nineteenth century (1963) online; Bray, Thomas J. "The Cummins Leadership" Annals of Iowa (1954) 32#4 pp. 241–296. online; Cordier, Mary Hurlbut. Schoolwomen of the Prairies and Plains: Personal Narratives from Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1860s–1920s (1997) online
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The first occurrence of organised solid waste management system appeared in London in the late 18th century. [13] A waste collection and resource recovery system was established around the 'dust-yards'. The main constituent of municipal waste was the coal ash ('dust') which had a market value for brick-making and as a soil improver.