The Deaths Of Iowa History Essay

It might be hard to believe, but there are many interesting facts to learn about Iowa. First of all, factors of Iowa’s settlement give Iowa it’s roots. Understanding Iowa’s views of politics allows people to see Iowa’s effect on the country. Iowa is known for it’s farming, but the history of how farming in Iowa started is unknown to most people. It is important to learn about Iowa’s settlement, political views, and history of farming so that people can understand what it means to be an Iowan.

They arrived in Pasadena toward the end of May, 1920, and moved into tight quarters with her sister and brother-in-law, brother, a nephew and her husband’s cousin (Robinson 79). Though they lacked hot water and a kitchen sink, Pasadena seemed glorious with it’s blue hills on the horizon and it’s wonderful air. Mrs. Robinson accepted a job doing housework while the Welfare Department provided clothing for the children (80).

People fought over slavery in 1854-1861, towns were destroyed and many people were killed. It precluded to the Civil War and the compromise was the Kansas-Nebraska act.

This was the day I was born and when I first met Mary Noe. Mary, was my grandfather’s oldest sister, who wasn’t married and had no children of her own. However, despite popular belief, she never found herself lonely, because she invested her time into our family and all its crazy activities. Mary, loved babies and children and by luck she had plenty of them running around the house. I was the third oldest in my line of cousins on the Noe side, and as time pasted I had a total of eight cousins and two younger siblings. Thus, as one would suspect holidays where interesting to say the

girls, a theater, a boys' club, a day nursery, and numerous other services.” (source #1) Hull

This is the history of a beautiful region that takes place back in 1850’s when the Sioux and Winnebago tribes lived in these lands. These tribes spread around the Midwest mostly for their food, which include buffaloes (wild Bison), deer, antelope, and wild turkey and hens, wild fruits cherries, berries, and plums and wild vegetables potatoes, spinach, and prairie turnips. These tribes lived in peace and harmony until Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson arrived in the area in 1851. Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson settlement soon became an amicable town. Hewitt traded goods with the indian tribes and Dickirson had rich soil for farming.

The city of Greenwood, Mississippi was founded in 1830 by John Williams also known as Williams Landing. In 1844 Greenwood was initially named after Choctaw Chief Greenwood Leflore. Greenwood, Mississippi is also known as the heart of the Mississippi Delta. The city of Greenwood is well known for being rich in vegetation and wildlife. Greenwood has also been known for having lots of cotton and is known for being the cotton market. Being known for cotton, Greenwood was named “The Cotton Capital of the World. Prior to the Civil War Greenwood shipped cotton throughout New Orleans, Louisiana, Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri.

It was a beautiful day on the reservation, the sun was beaming down onto the earth. It had been extremely hot the past couple weeks in Alabama. Peyton Farquhar and his wife were sitting outside on the sun porch. They were enjoying the scenery all around the grounds. He and his wife watched his slaves work out in the fields and their children that were sitting on a weathered bench near the front of his land. His children were being entertained by a butterfly that was dancing in the wind. He remembers him doing the same as a young child and his father, who was very well respected around the area, used to yell at him, “Come on in boy, it’s time for supper.” His father had passed away, leaving him the plantation and all of the slaves. He met his wife, Margaret Farquhar, right before he had passed. She is the daughter of William Turner, another well respected, deceased slave owner. They were joined together in holy matrimony and later had two children, a son, James, and a daughter, Elizabeth.

Over the summer, I had the honor of attending the 77th annual Hawkeye Boys State, Iowa’s version of Boys State, hosted by the National Guard at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa. My experience at Boys State taught me about Iowa’s political process and the duties of citizenship; all the while fostering friendships that will hopefully continue to defy time and distance.

Crash! Boom! Terrified screams and rifle shots filled the air as Margaret snatched up her baby sister into her arms as she ran around frantically in search of shelter. Finally finding a safe hiding spot behind a large rock, Margaret and her little sister watched in desperation as their small shack was ransacked by John Brown and his raiders. As the sky grew black with smoke, angry tears began streaming down Margaret’s face. Why can’t the anti-slavery settlers just leave us alone? Why are they being so violent? What have we done to them? All we want is land to settle on! Margaret wondered in disheartenment. For settlers who had rushed to claim land in Kansas and Nebraska in the stormy 1850’s, facing violent clashes had become a daily

The year is 1964, what seemed to be just like any other normal day in southern Alaska turned out to be anything but. March 24, became a day that would affect the lives of many in Alaska, as well as lives in costal areas such as Hawaii, and Oregon. This day would also shed a lot of light and create new practices as well as new ways in anticipating future earthquakes.

By 1876, gold had been discovered in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The gold was found on Sioux land, and this region was considered sacred to the Lakota Sioux Indians. The he land was to be protected and respected by the United States Army, because of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 18681, but the Army could not keep miners off the Sioux ground, which led to the increase of Sioux grievances towards the Americans; some grievances that are still taken offense to today. These battles and negotiations soon were known at the Great Sioux War of 1876.

The most famous thing known about the axe murder was that he stated that he would be visiting New Orleans one night and he would target anyone that did not play jazz, as he was very fond of the music genre. After the time of his game of telling the city that he’d kill if people did not play jazz, a young girl named Sarah Laumann had fallen to his axe. Sarah had been killed in her own locked and shuttered home through a window. Though this happened, investigators thought of this as a copycat murder rather than the true axeman, but were they correct? No one knows the answer to that question.

I saw lights blinking red upon the top of what I believe to be a water treatment plant. Looking over the Iowa City skyline (far from a Chicago/New York City skyline), there are many such lights. All are red. I imagine they only turn them at night. I saw them at 10:30 PM on a Wednesday, while crossing the river at Burlington Bridge.

Mom and Dad never became even part-time members of the responsible, no-nonsense society, and they were still at the river when the much-anticipated Finney Fest took place in 1968. I was there too. This was a two-day “bash” and Mom and Dad fit right in. In Mom’s case it was a real testament to her drawing power that a wide array of her porch “discussion group” made multiple stops at the house for conversation and liquid refreshments.