bigpigeon.us webpage Pott. Co. > Early History, > The Potawatomi Years, updated by RAC 17 Jul 2023.
For ten years around 1840, native Americans displaced from the Chicago area occupied portions of southwestern Iowa.
For ten years around 1840, native Americans displaced from the Chicago area occupied portions of southwestern Iowa.
Sources for The Potawatomi Years webpage:
- The webpage heading image, Southwest Iowa in 1845, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007626856/, is courtesy of the Library of Congress. The original was engraved & published by Doolittle & Munson, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1845.