Iowa Past to Present Teacher's Guide: Chapter 3: Many Flags over Iowa
Spanish Meet Indians
French and Early Iowans
Early French Explorers Visit Iowa
Explorers Meet Iowa Natives
La Salle Claims Land for France
Dubuque Seeks Opportunity
Explorers Search for River Sources
Map of North America Combining New factual Information with the Older Mythical Geography
Map of the Mississippi River Valley, 1682
Western U.S. shown in 1776 map
Julien Dubuque
Drawing of Fort Madison, ca 1808
Mississippi River From Pike's Peak
Map of Western North America, ca. 1790
Europeans Come to Iowa
Influence of European Culture
Conflict Between Cultures
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Explorers Search for River Sources
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Time Frame: 1804
In 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark searched for the source of the Missouri River while Zebulon Pike searched for the source of the Mississippi River.
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The United States Government sent various expeditions into the new land. The Missouri River, destined to be the future Iowa western border, was explored by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant Clark. They sought the source of the Missouri River. Lieutenant Zebulon Pike was sent to discover the source of the Mississippi River, traveling along the future Iowa’s eastern border as he charted the river’s course. But to some the land was not such a mystery. The white fur traders had been trading with the Indians long before any of these explorations.
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