For Students:
Introduction Quick Facts Pioneer Homes
Scavenger Hunt Life as a Pioneer History Detective
Mystery Photo Pioneer Library

Buying Land

The first pioneer settlers started to move into present-day Iowa in 1833. But they settled in only a part of Iowa called the Black Hawk Purchase. This section of land was "purchased" from the Sauk and Mesquakie (or Fox) Indians following the Black Hawk War.

Directions

• Read the following questions.
• Write your answers to the questions in your notebook.

1. Which section of the state was open for pioneer settlement first?
2. In what part of the state were the next sections open for pioneer settlement?
3. In what general direction did pioneer settlement move?

After you check your answers, read about how the land was surveyed.

History Detective Continued...

• Buying Land
• Surveying Land
• 100 Years of Change
• Farm Inventions

  For Students:
Introduction Quick Facts Pioneer Homes
Scavenger Hunt Life as a Pioneer History Detective
Mystery Photo Pioneer Library