First Europeans

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark

The Black Hawk War

Statehood

President Hoover

French Canadians Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette are the first non-Natives to come to Iowa.

Iowa was part of the 15 million dollar Louisiana Purchase, when the United States bought a great deal of land from France.

Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark are sent to scope out the new territory. After a good report, many people began settling in Iowa.

So many Europeans were settling in Iowa that the Native American tribes were being forced out. They fought for their land in the Black Hawk War, but they lost.

Iowa was the 29th state admitted into the Union on December 28, 1846.

Herbert Hoover, who is an Iowa native, becomes the 31st president of the United States.

Historical Events: Iowa