The state of Iowa; something of its history, its institutions, its resources and natural advantages . h lilii in~^* ff. Old Zion Church at Burlington, Iowa, where the Territorial Legislature ofWisconsin convened in 1837 and 1838, and where the Territorial Legis-lature of Iowa held its session in 1838, 1839, 1840. In March, 1801, Spain ceded back to France all of the province ofLouisiana, but did not give up its possession. In 1804, by authority of France, Spain conveyed the province ofLouisiana to the United States, the latter paying for it the sum of fif-teen millions of dollars, which went t
The state of Iowa; something of its history, its institutions, its resources and natural advantages . h lilii in~^* ff. Old Zion Church at Burlington, Iowa, where the Territorial Legislature ofWisconsin convened in 1837 and 1838, and where the Territorial Legis-lature of Iowa held its session in 1838, 1839, 1840. In March, 1801, Spain ceded back to France all of the province ofLouisiana, but did not give up its possession. In 1804, by authority of France, Spain conveyed the province ofLouisiana to the United States, the latter paying for it the sum of fif-teen millions of dollars, which went to France. The purchase was madefrom France by the United States in 1803, but was not fully ratified bySpain until nearly a year later. 15 It is the one huiidreth anniversary of this purchase that is being com-memorated by the international exposition at St. Louis. The Louisiana Purchase covered an area of 875,025 square miles or560,016,000 acres. It embraced what now constitutes the entire statesof Arl\ansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, parts ofMinnesota, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, L
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