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An overview of Davenport history, written by the editor of the Der Demokrat, Davenport's leading German newspaper. To access the Table of Contents, together with digitized pages of the work, please visit the University of Iowa's DIYHistory site at…

Announcement of the Burlington and Missouri River R.R. Co. advertising land for sale on credit, to be paid back at 6% interest over 10 years.

Announcement of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad advertising land for sale, starting at $5 per acre

A history of German immigration to Iowa through 1900, written by the editor of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, the German-language newspaper of Des Moines. To access the Table of Contents, together with digitized pages of the work, please visit the…

Image of the inside title page of Chapter Seventeen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration.

Title page of "Iowa, die Heimat für Einwanderer," revised 1873 edition

image of the first page of Chapter Two from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Three from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Four from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Five from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration