An illustrated history of the State of Iowa : being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation during the administration of each of the governors, from Lucas (1836) to Carpenter; with historical and descriptive sketches of each county in the state separately, embracing interesting narratives of pioneer life, including an account of the commercial, agricultural and educational growth of Iowa . ountry of the territory of Michigan,nade to congress in the year 1829 : Your memoralists ask theittenti
An illustrated history of the State of Iowa : being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation during the administration of each of the governors, from Lucas (1836) to Carpenter; with historical and descriptive sketches of each county in the state separately, embracing interesting narratives of pioneer life, including an account of the commercial, agricultural and educational growth of Iowa . ountry of the territory of Michigan,nade to congress in the year 1829 : Your memoralists ask theittention of your honorable body to the following statement, show-ng the quantity of lead manufactured at the upper Mississippi 40 Tuttles History of Iowa. lead mines from 1821 to September 30, 1828. The whole quan-tity of lead made, during that period, was 18,421,772 pounds;from the 30th of September, 1827, to September 30, 1828, ofthat quantity, 11,805,810, was manufactured at the mines, andthe probable quantity made from September 30,1828 to 1829, willbe equal to about ten millions; making the quantity manu-factured, the two last years, equal to 21,105,810 pounds. Thememorialists prayed for the passage of an act of congress definingthe powers and duties of the officers, employed by the generalgovernment, for the government of the mines, and the passage ofsuch laws as may be necessary, and will comport with the interestof the government and the rights of the people of the min-ing CHAPTER III. EARLY HISTORY. Chronology of Political Jurisdiction from 1763 to 1845 — Visit of Joliet andMarquette — Their Early Experiences among the Indians in Iowa — Lou-isiana— French Possession. The early history of what is now known as the state of Iowa,is very much the same as that of other states and territories lyingin that portion of^the United States northwest of the Ohio territory has experienced various changes of ownership andjurisdiction, as also all the present pos
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