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[[File:Bellevue, Iowa in 1848.png|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Bellevue, Iowa|Bellevue]] along the Mississippi, 1848]] | [[File:Bellevue, Iowa in 1848.png|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Bellevue, Iowa|Bellevue]] along the Mississippi, 1848]] | ||
The first American settlers officially moved to Iowa in June 1833.<ref name="Settlers">{{cite web|url=http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html|title=History of Iowa|publisher=Iowa State University|author=Schwieder, Dorothy|access-date=June 6, 2009|archive-date=September 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903191039/http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Primarily, they were families from [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Virginia]] who settled along the western banks of the [[Mississippi River]], founding the modern day cities of [[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]] and [[Bellevue, Iowa|Bellevue]] near the site of Julien Dubuque's 1785–1810 lead mining operation.<ref name="Settlers" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://co.jackson.ia.us/history.htm|title=Jackson County, Iowa History Information|publisher=Jackson County, Iowa|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=November 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104000006/https://co.jackson.ia.us/history.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Dubuque, IA - Official Website |url=https://www.cityofdubuque.org/1060/History |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=www.cityofdubuque.org}}</ref> On July 4, 1838, the [[U.S. Congress]] established the [[Territory of Iowa]]. President | The first American settlers officially moved to Iowa in June 1833.<ref name="Settlers">{{cite web|url=http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html|title=History of Iowa|publisher=Iowa State University|author=Schwieder, Dorothy|access-date=June 6, 2009|archive-date=September 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903191039/http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Primarily, they were families from [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Virginia]] who settled along the western banks of the [[Mississippi River]], founding the modern day cities of [[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]] and [[Bellevue, Iowa|Bellevue]] near the site of Julien Dubuque's 1785–1810 lead mining operation.<ref name="Settlers" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://co.jackson.ia.us/history.htm|title=Jackson County, Iowa History Information|publisher=Jackson County, Iowa|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=November 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104000006/https://co.jackson.ia.us/history.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Dubuque, IA - Official Website |url=https://www.cityofdubuque.org/1060/History |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=www.cityofdubuque.org}}</ref> On July 4, 1838, the [[U.S. Congress]] established the [[Territory of Iowa]]. President Martin Van Burenappointed [[Robert Lucas (governor)|Robert Lucas]] governor of the territory, which at the time had 22 counties and a population of 23,242.<ref>''Iowa Official Register'', Volume Number 60, page 314</ref> | ||
Almost immediately after achieving territorial status, a clamor arose for statehood. On December 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th state in the Union when President [[James K. Polk]] signed Iowa's admission bill into law. Once admitted to the Union, the state's boundary issues resolved, and most of its land purchased from Natives, Iowa set its direction to development and organized campaigns for settlers and investors, boasting the young frontier state's rich farmlands, fine citizens, free and open society, and good government.<ref>"Official Encouragement of Immigration to Iowa", Marcus L. Hansen, ''IJHP'', 19 (April 1921):159–95</ref> | Almost immediately after achieving territorial status, a clamor arose for statehood. On December 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th state in the Union when President [[James K. Polk]] signed Iowa's admission bill into law. Once admitted to the Union, the state's boundary issues resolved, and most of its land purchased from Natives, Iowa set its direction to development and organized campaigns for settlers and investors, boasting the young frontier state's rich farmlands, fine citizens, free and open society, and good government.<ref>"Official Encouragement of Immigration to Iowa", Marcus L. Hansen, ''IJHP'', 19 (April 1921):159–95</ref> | ||