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Iowa City was established as Iowa's capital Jan. 21, 1839. The capitol building was constructed in 1842 and served as the state's capitol until 1857. Today, the old capitol building stands in the center of the University of Iowa campus. When the university isn’t using its mascot, the Hawkeye, as a logo, it uses the dome of the old capitol building. Read more on ArcGIS Story Maps.
The GLO web site provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than 12 million Federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present.
The site also hosts images of survey plats and field notes, land status records, and control document index records, and is the most visited website in the Department of the Interior. Visit glorecords.blm.gov for more information.