Before Columbus was a city, some of the area’s earliest migrants came to the Refugee Tract. This land was aside in 1801 by Congress to provide land compensation for residents of Nova Scotia who had ...

Part of a series for the Des Moines Register's 175th anniversary that examines Iowa's past and future demographics. In 1837, Joel C. Garretson built a cabin in the woods in what is now Henry County.

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress enacted the most notorious immigration legislation in American history. Signed by President Calvin Coolidge, the Immigration Act of 1924 dramatically reduced ...

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For generations, millions of poor immigrants flowed through American ports and across boundaries without needing to show a passport or visa. They came from Ireland, Russia, Italy and other lands. The ...

Waves of immigration have defined Iowa: western Europeans, eastern and southern Europeans, and now Latinos and other non-Europeans. Many of the newcomers are finding a home in rural Iowa, where the ...