Immigration in Iowa
Immigrants Studying for Naturalization, 1937
Immigrating by Steamer, ca. 1901
Why Move to Iowa?
Immigrant Transportation
Iowa Land for Sale
The Icarians
Czechoslovakians Come to Iowa
Immigrants Adjust to New Lives
Variety of Immigrants Come to Iowa
Dutch Immigrate to Iowa
A Legacy Continues
Iowans Became Aware of Diverse Cultures
Family in Front of Sod Home, ca. 1909
Time Frame: ca. 1909
With few trees available for building houses, many early Iowa settlers made houses from sod. This family poses in front of their "sod shanty." ca. 1909.
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