The state of Iowa; something of its history, its institutions, its resources and natural advantages . in territory. for a friendly visit of six days. The place of landing was near themouth of the Des Moines river, and the date was June 25, 1673. The next white voyagers on the Mississippi were LaSalle and Hen-nepin, the latter following its course north to the Falls of St. Anthonyand then returning to join his leader, LaSalle, who with his small partyfloated on its waters to the sea. This expedition, from start to finish,covered the time from late in 1679 to the spring of 1682. Spain was the fi
The state of Iowa; something of its history, its institutions, its resources and natural advantages . in territory. for a friendly visit of six days. The place of landing was near themouth of the Des Moines river, and the date was June 25, 1673. The next white voyagers on the Mississippi were LaSalle and Hen-nepin, the latter following its course north to the Falls of St. Anthonyand then returning to join his leader, LaSalle, who with his small partyfloated on its waters to the sea. This expedition, from start to finish,covered the time from late in 1679 to the spring of 1682. Spain was the first claimant of territory bordering the southernMississippi, but failing to make settlements and improvements its titleseemed to lapse and France, by re-discovery and occupation, established 14 territorial rights and ownership. These were adhered to by France until1762, when, in a secret treaty, she ceded to Spain all her possessionswest of the Mississippi from its source to its mouth and west to theRocky mountains and beyond. This wide extent of territory hao beennamed the province of h lilii in~^* ff
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