February 2, 1838 – The second street west of the Mississippi in Burlington is named Main Street.
Like its sister-city Dubuque to the north, Burlington was established in 1833 on the western shores of the Mississippi River – land first belonging to the Meskwaki (Sauk and Fox) tribes, who called it Shoquoquon (Shok-ko-kon), meaning Flint Hills.
A Day-by-Day Calendar of Historical Events In Iowa, William J. Petersen, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1946, p 17
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