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The Birthplace of Iowa - The Fiddler and The Forge

The Birthplace of Iowa - The Fiddler and The Forge

Update: 2025-09-02
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What is the REAL story of Iowa? 


Nestled among the limestone bluffs along the Mississippi River, we unearth the curious origin of Iowa as told through the story of its first permanent European settler, Julien Dubuque. 



What was Iowa like before statehood? How, when, and why did it become a state? 


Finally, WHY should you care? 


Noodles and I explore these questions (and much more!) as we delve into the surprising history of our home state. 


Safe travels! 


Works Cited: 


https://www.jstor.org/stable/3740672?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents


https://www.npr.org/2016/04/06/473268312/before-it-was-dangerous-lead-was-the-miracle-metal-that-we-loved


https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/features/article_1f520a43-4d6a-5677-b7f8-f9e490a79c91.html


https://ouriowaheritage.com/honoring-the-ioway-tribe-of-johnson-county/


https://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/artifact/1442/julien-dubuque-lead-mining-and-mines-spain


https://www.britannica.com/place/Dubuque


https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/events/E4015689


https://ouriowaheritage.com/2024/09/21/september-21-1832/


https://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/mypath/2668/path-statehood


https://www.cityofdubuque.org/1060/History#:~:text=Dubuque%20is%20Iowa's%20oldest%20city,abundant%20amount%20of%20lead%20mines.


https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Hawk-War


https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/french-exploratoin-mississippi-valley


https://www.minesofspain.org/history/


https://ouriowaheritage.com/our-iowa-heritage-true-native-iowans/


https://ouriowaheritage.com/our-iowa-heritage-the-discovery/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TLFqW0nCo


https://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=102


https://www.minnesotatrap.com/history-in-the-making/shot


Noah and Noodles here!

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The Birthplace of Iowa - The Fiddler and The Forge

The Birthplace of Iowa - The Fiddler and The Forge

Noah Mulgrew