Description
This reprint of a bit of-identified rare Iowana volume is being revealed by the State Historical Society of Iowa to familiarize Iowans with the work of John B. Newhall – essentially the most influential promoter of Iowa prior to 1850. Newhall’s A Glimpse of Iowa in 1846 should take its place with identical reprints issued during the last quarter century. This book – which gave the impression in 1846., the “Year of Decision” for Iowa statehood – serves as a key to our territorial duration and as a springboard for the observe of our statehood.