Iowa History Project

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Iowa: Its History and Its

Foremost Citizens

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Volume One

Author’s Preface—Page 9

Introduction—The Name Iowa--Its Origin and Significance—

Page 13

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Book One

Part I. The Discoverers

Part II. The Indians

Part III. The Explorers

Part IV. The Pioneers

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Part I. The Discoveries

Chapter I. The First White Men to Set Foot Upon Iowa Soil	17
Chapter II. The First White Settlements in Iowa	20
Historical Biographies--I, Julien Dubuque	21

Part II. The Indians

Chapter I. The Vanishing Red Man	29
Chapter II. The Rival Chiefs--Black Hawk and Keokuk	40
Historical Biographies--II, Joseph Montfort Street	46

Part III. The Explorers

Chapter I. Along the Outer Edge of Iowa: Explorers Pike, Kingsley, Schoolcraft,
Catlin, Maximilian of Wied, DeSmet, Audubon, Lewis and Clark; The Mormons	59
Chapter II. The Explorers of Interior Iowa: Faribault, Kearny, Dougherty, Lea,
Croghan, Boone, Fremont	68

Part IV. The Pioneers

Chapter I. The Pioneers of Iowa	77
Chapter II. Pioneer Preachers and Churches: The Part They Took in Territorial
Days in the Upbuilding of the Commonwealth	81
Chapter III. Pioneer Schools and Educators: The Log Schoolhouse as a Basis
for Statehood	91
Chapter IV. A Study in Local Self-Government: Iowa Territory Founded Upon a
Pure Democracy--The Era of the Claim Associations	96
Chapter V. Interior Iowa: Founding of Fort Des Moines and Fort Dodge--Captain
Allen	102
Historical Biographies--III, James Allen	106

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Book Two

Part I. Iowa a Part of the Louisiana

Part II. Iowa as a Territory

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Part I. Iowa A Part of the Louisiana Purchase

Chapter I. The Louisiana Purchase	117
Chapter II. Iowa--Part of Michigan Territory: Representative Men of the Period	118
Chapter III. Iowa--Part of Wisconsin Territory: Iowans Divided on Capital Location,
Iowa In Congress	121

Part II. Iowa As a Territory

Chapter I. The Lucas Administration: Governor Lucas and the Leading Minds of
the First, Second and Third Legislative Assemblies	127
Chapter II. Governor Chambers: The Four Legislative Assemblies Convened
During His Administration, Prominent Men of His Period	141
Chapter III. Territorial Governor Clarke: The Chief Events of His Administration,
Preparations for Statehood	150
Chapter IV. The Pioneer Constitution Makers: The Commonwealth Builders and
Their Constructive Work	153
Chapter V. The Constitutional Convention of 1846: The Trend of its Work, Some
New Leaders Brought to the Surface in the Convention	161
Chapter VI. Courts and Judge of the Territorial Period	166
Chapter VII. The Territorial Press: And the Editors and Publishers of the Territorial
Period	170
Historical Biographies
IV--Theodore S. Parvin	183
V--George Wallace Jones	189
VI--Augustus Caesar Dodge	195
VII--William Salter	203

Book Three

Introduction—From Territory to State

Part I. The Formative Period—1846-1860

Part II. The Heroic Period—1860-1865

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Introduction: From Territory to State

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Part I. The Formative Period—1846-1860

Chapter I. The Briggs Administration: The First Four Year of Statehood, Prominent
Men in Public Life During that Period--Movements Having Their Origin in
Those First Years	217
Chapter II. Governor Hempstead and His Period: The More Prominent Men and
Measures of the Hempstead Administration	237
Chapter III. Under the Grimes Administration: Men and Measures of the
Period--The Capital Removed to the Frontier	249
Chapter IV. Governor Lowe's Administration: The Governor Personally--The
First Body of Legislators to Convene in the New State Capitol--Des Moines
Then a Frontier Town--New Capital Inaccessible--Spirit Lake Massacre--
John Brown--The Icarians	269
Historical Biographies
VIII. James W. Grimes	280
IX. James Harlan	285
X. John Francis Duncombe	292

Part II. The Heroic Period—1860-1865

Introduction: The Marvelous Uprising--Iowa's Loyal Women and the War	303
Chapter I. Through the Kirkwood Administration: Iowa in the National
Convention of 1860--The War Governor--The Coppoc Incident--The Famous
Extra Session of 1861--the Eight and Ninth General Assemblies	308
Chapter II. Governor Stone's Administration: The Man and the Governor--
Men and Events of the Period	322
Historical Biographies
XI. Samuel Jordan Kirkwood	332
XII. Nathaniel Bradley Baker	338
XIII. Iowa's Major Generals--Dodge, Curtis, Herron, Steele	342
XIV. Iowa's Brevet Major-Generals--Corse, Belknap, Bussey, Williamson,
Vandever, Hatch, Elliott, Gilbert, McKean, Clarke	357
XV. Iowa's Brigadier-Generals--Crocker, Tuttle, Matthies, Lauman, Reid, Rice,
S. A., Rice, E. W., Edwards	378
XVI. Iowa's Brevet Brigadier-Generals--Weaver, Winslow, Hill, Benton, Glasgow,
Stone, G. A., Clark, Heath, Hedrick, Lowe, Trumbull, Geddes, Sanders, Wright,
Stibbs, Thompson, Noble, Leake, Parrott, Pollock, Hillis, Bruce, Chambers,
Patterson, Graham, Dye, Stone, W. M., Drake, Pomutz, Pattee, Hudnut;
Historic Battlefields	395
Index of Names	423

Part I A--J

Part II K-Y

Table of Contents

Volume One

Author’s Preface—Page 9

Introduction—The Name Iowa--Its Origin and Significance—

Page 13

Book One

Part I. The Discoveries

Part II. The Indians

Chapter I. The Vanishing Red Man

Part III. The Explorers

Chapter I. The Louisiana Purchase

Part II. Iowa As a Territory

Preparations for Statehood

Part I. The Formative Period—1846-1860

Historical Biographies

Part II. The Heroic Period—1860-1865

Historic Battlefields

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