A Concise History of the Establishment of the Dutch Colony in Sioux County, IA. Part IV.

Authors

Jelle Pelmulder

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Description

Jelle Pelmulder (1817-1900), the originator of the plan to establish a Dutch colony in Northwest Iowa, recounts the journey of the scouts sent from Pella, Iowa to search for land. Pelmulder, along with Henry Vande Waa, Sjoerd A. Sipma, and Huibert Muilenburg, intially explored area by Storm Lake, Cherokee, and Milburn.

Translated by Nelson Nieuwenhuis, May 1971.

Publication Date

7-16-1874

Publisher

De Volksvriend

City

Orange City, Iowa

Keywords

Prairie, homesteaders, fish, wagon, Little Sioux Fiver, Cherokee, mules, pet dog

Recommended Citation

Pelmulder, Jelle, "A Concise History of the Establishment of the Dutch Colony in Sioux County, IA. Part IV." (1874). Memoirs. 4.
https://nwcommons.nwciowa.edu/regionalhistory_memoirs/4