Cemeteries in Pilot Mound, Iowa

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Pilot Mound was laid out on September 8, 1881 and is in the township of the same name. Before the town existed there was a post office also named Pilot Mound. The Pilot Mound area was also witness to an Indian battle between the Sac and Fox under Chief Keokuk and the Sioux under Chief Wamsapasia.

The Old Mound, as local people affectionately call it, is one of the most important historical landmarks in this province. Geologists tell us that it was the result of an upheaval of natural gas as opposed to a formation left by the last Ice Age.

Dubuque is Iowa's oldest city and is among the oldest settlements west of the Mississippi River. The first permanent settler to the area was French-Canadian fur trader Julien Dubuque. When he arrived in 1785, the Mesquakie (Fox) Indians occupied the region which included an abundant amount of lead mines.

The first inhabitants of what is now the state of Iowa were Paleo-Indians, the earliest ancestors of Native Americans. They probably occupied ice-free land during the time when the Des Moines lobe was covered by glaciers, about 14,000 years ago.

History. Chester Thomas Dike, a railroad construction engineer, inspired the name Dike. Dike chose the site and laid out the town in 1900. The community was incorporated on January 16, 1901.

History. Gilmore City was platted in 1884, not long after the railroad had been built through that territory in 1882. Gilmore City was originally known as Blooming Prairie. The name was changed to Gilmore City in the early 1880s.

History. Gilmore City was platted in 1884, not long after the railroad had been built through that territory in 1882. Gilmore City was originally known as Blooming Prairie. The name was changed to Gilmore City in the early 1880s.

Dubuque is Iowa's oldest city and is among the oldest settlements west of the Mississippi River. The first permanent settler to the area was French-Canadian fur trader Julien Dubuque. When he arrived in 1785, the Mesquakie (Fox) Indians occupied the region which included an abundant amount of lead mines.

History. Chester Thomas Dike, a railroad construction engineer, inspired the name Dike. Dike chose the site and laid out the town in 1900. The community was incorporated on January 16, 1901.

The hamlet of Oelwein was instituted in 1873; incorporated as town in 1888 with Dr. Pattison becoming its first mayor. Two years later in 1890 the census gave the population as 830. By 1895 the population had increased to 1,928 and in 1897 Oelwein was incorporated again, this time as a city.