With its Eastern border located on the banks of the iconic Mississippi River, Iowa's proximity to the six states it borders allowed it to gain significant growth in the years following the completion of the Louisiana Purchase as scores of settlers arrived from French and Spanish Louisiana and established local communities based along cultural lines many of which exist to this day. At the time of this map's production, the United States had grown considerably. The Western frontiers were drawing immigrants for a variety of economic opportunities before the discovery of gold in the middle of the nineteenth century caused a large influx of prospectors, which led to the settlement of small towns en route to the Yukon and the Sierra Nevada mountains which provided these travelers with goods and created local economies which remained in place.

This map was produced the year before Iowa received statehood as the 29th state in the Union, allowing the area to settle boundary disputes and implement local government to help further bolster the economy, which was beginning to grow along with the rest of the region. The state has a long history of State Fairs and Harvest Festivals, which became synonymous with the American Dream of the nineteenth and early portions of the twentieth century.

This map bears a distinctive style and unique aesthetic that is immediately recognizable and transports the viewer back in time, creating a link between the past and present that illustrates the evolution of Iowa since its Territorial era.

With its Eastern border located on the banks of the iconic Mississippi River, Iowa's proximity to the six states it borders allowed it to gain significant growth in the years following the completion of the Louisiana Purchase as scores of settlers arrived from French and Spanish Louisiana and established local communities based along cultural lines many of which exist to this day. At the time of this map's production, the United States had grown considerably. The Western frontiers were drawing immigrants for a variety of economic opportunities before the discovery of gold in the middle of the nineteenth century caused a large influx of prospectors, which led to the settlement of small towns en route to the Yukon and the Sierra Nevada mountains which provided these travelers with goods and created local economies which remained in place.

This map was produced the year before Iowa received statehood as the 29th state in the Union, allowing the area to settle boundary disputes and implement local government to help further bolster the economy, which was beginning to grow along with the rest of the region. The state has a long history of State Fairs and Harvest Festivals, which became synonymous with the American Dream of the nineteenth and early portions of the twentieth century.

This map bears a distinctive style and unique aesthetic that is immediately recognizable and transports the viewer back in time, creating a link between the past and present that illustrates the evolution of Iowa since its Territorial era.