WA was Best opene lo se deren in the Indran land, bordering on the Miss, sippi river. Thirty miles in width, exten Eng from the Des Memes k、" South to the Turkey river north of Dubuque were but two settlements t the -B... one in the present dmits of Dubn; other in Lee county, nother of which bað existence In the spong of 1834, the Iɔwa disa Wisconsin) was a tached to the Territory of M., »jačicial purposes." and at the first session of the Legis of Michigan Territory two counties were organize 1 Iowa district west of the Mississ pi river. Dubuque ara Moines counties. A very few selers came during that but the numbers increased during the succeeding years 1835 -3%, when the population reached some ten thousand. The school house and the meeting house ard the sea and the church, however, were among the earliest pioneer's work. There was preaching as early as 1534. b OWA was first opened to settlement in the spring of 1833, the year following the close of the Black Hawk War and the ceding of that portion of the Indian land, bordering on the Mississippi river, thirty miles in width, extending from the Des Moines river south to the Turkey river north of Dubuque. At that period. there were but two settlements in the "Black Hawk Purchase," one in the present limits of Dubuque county, the other in Lee county, neither of which had an organized existence. In the spring of 1834, the Iowa district (with Wisconsin) was attached to the Territory of Michigan for "judicial purposes,” and at the first session of the Legislature of Michigan Territory two counties were organized in the Iowa district west of the Mississippi river, Dubuque and Des Moines counties. A very few settlers came during that year, but the numbers increased during the succeeding years, 1835-36, when the population reached some ten thousand. The school house and the meeting house and the school and the church, however, were among the earliest of the pioneer's work. There was preaching as early as 1834, by |