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Established on Rock Island in 1816—Rock Island Becomes a Government Reservation—Arsenal Established on the Island
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125-139
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| XII
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Illinois Territory Established in 1809—Earthquake of 1811 in the Mississippi Valley—First Steamboat on Western Rivers—British Attempt to Alienate the People of the Mississippi Valley—Treaties with Indian Tribes of the West—First Steamboat on the Upper Mississippi—Beginning of the Conflict Over Slavery in the West—The “Missouri Compromise”—The Long Exploring Expedition—First Steamboat Ascends the Missouri River in 1819—Winter Camp at Council Bluffs—A Council Held with Indian Tribes—Return Through Southwestern Iowa
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141-149
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| XIII
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A French Nobleman Settles in Iowa in 1812—An Early Fur Trader at the Flint Hills—Dr. Muier Settles at Keokuk in 1820—Pioneer Traders and Settlers—Dr. Isaac Galland Projects a City—Other Pioneer Settlements—Naming of Keokuk—Attempts to Settle at the Dubuque Lead Mines—First Iowa Lawmakers—Settlers Driven Out by the Soldiers—The Black Hawk Purchase of 1832—Rush of Settlers into the “Beautiful Land”—Iowa in its Virgin Wildness—Mines of Spain Reoccupied—The New City of Dubuque—Fort Madison Laid Out—First Settlers at the Flint Hills—Burlington Platted—Settlement at the Mouth of Skunk River—Buffalo, Rockingham and Davenport
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151—160
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Captain Nathan Boone Explores the Des Moines and Boone Valleys—Albert M. Lea Names and Describes the “Iowa District”—Glowing Predictions for the Future State—Lea’s Map of Iowa—How Iowa was Named—Catlin’s Description of Iowa in 1835—Early Courts of Claims and Claim Laws—The Half-Breed Lands—History of the Controversy—Conflicting Legislation and Prolonged Litigation
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161-172
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