January 21, 1839 – The Iowa Territorial Legislative Assembly appoints a 3-man commission to select the site of the new Territorial capital in Johnson County – a new city to be called ‘Iowa City’.
By early spring 1839, three commissioners – Chauncey Swan, John Ronalds and Robert Ralston – were chosen and soon they were preparing themselves to gather in Johnson County with the assignment to choose an appropriate location for this newly- planned City of Iowa – as it was sometimes called.
A Day-by-Day Calendar of Historical Events In Iowa, William J. Petersen, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1946, p 14
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