Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Settlement to City

Soon after Dr. John Cook surveyed and plotted Sioux City it grew very quickly and it grew from small town to a good size city in less than 10 years. As the city took shape there were a lot of firsts that occurred, such as arrival of the first steam boat to Sioux City, the first mill, first bank, etc.

Links to previous articles in this series:
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Intro and Info.
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Credits and Thanks
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Pre-Sioux City
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Lewis and Clark Expedition
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, William Thompson
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Theophile Bruguier
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Joseph Leonais
Big & Mysterious History of Sioux City, Iowa: Roberts and Cordura Murder, Dr. John Cook