Celebrating Mexican Independence Day, Fort Madison, Iowa
This file appears in: Iowa: The Home for Immigrants
Photograph of young men and women posing, some in traditional dress. United States and Mexico flags being held.
This file appears in: Iowa: The Home for Immigrants
Iowa: The Home for Immigrants
In 1870 the Iowa Board of Immigration published "Iowa: The Home for Immigrants..." This 96-page guide was printed in English, German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch and included statistics and other information to educate potential immigrants about…