1976-Bicentennial Iowa City – Section I – Pages 1-4

Click here to go back to the home page: July 1, 1976 – The Bicentennial & Iowa City.

Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.
Page I1 – Robert Bower offers a brief overview of Iowa – as it was from 1673 – when Jolliet & Marquette arrived, through the Lewis & Clark expedition (1804-1806), and the Zebulon Pike exploration of the Mississippi River valley (1805-1806).

You can read more here:
Iowa – The Discovery 1673-1803.
The Louisiana Purchase 1803-1806.
Dubuque & The West 1788-1838.
Zebulon Pike & His Dam’d Rascals.
Page I2 – Here, the Press-Citizen offers a possible historical account that links Iowa to the American Revolution. The second article offers readers an opportunity to obtain a Iowa Bicentennial Kit from the State Historical Society of Iowa.

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America’s Bicentennial – Restoring Old Capitol.
P I3 – Robert Bower briefly covers the story of Native Iowans – including a quick look at Chief Black Hawk and Chief Poweshiek – both major players in the story of early Iowa Territory.

You can read more here:
Iowa – This Is The Place
Ancient Iowa – Exploring The Land
Honoring The Ioway Tribe Of Johnson County
Meskwaki People – True Native Iowans
Preserving The Meskwaki Language of Iowa
Black Hawk Of Saukenuk
The Meskwaki People At The Turn Of The Century
Chief Poweshiek – The Roused Brown Bear.
Our Indigenous Land Acknowledgment.
Click here to go back to the home page: July 1, 1976 – The Bicentennial & Iowa City.

Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.

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Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. used on this page.

What was Iowa like before the farmer?, Robert Bower, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 77

Iowa’s link to the Revolution based on shaky Cardinal story, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 78

Historical society offers Iowa Bicentennial ‘kit’, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 78

Black Hawk resisted coming of the white man, Robert Bower, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 79