Editing Sioux City, Iowa (section)

==History==
[[File:Sioux City, Iowa water front scene - NARA - 285906.tif|thumb|left|Waterfront, circa 1912]]

{{main|History of Sioux City, Iowa}}
[[Iowa]] is in the [[tallgrass prairie]] of the North American [[Great Plains]], historically inhabited by speakers of [[Siouan languages]].
The area of Sioux City was inhabited by [[Dakota people|Yankton]] [[Sioux]] when it was first reached by Spanish and French [[fur trade|furtrappers]] in the 18th century. The first documented US citizens to record their travels through this area were [[Meriwether Lewis]] and [[William Clark]] during the summer of 1804. Sergeant [[Charles Floyd (explorer)|Charles Floyd]], a member of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]], died here on August 20, 1804, the only death during the two and a half-year expedition.<ref name="LCHistory">{{Cite web |title=The Lewis & Clark Expedition - A History Brief |url=http://www.lewisandclarksiouxcity.com/history.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526224651/http://www.lewisandclarksiouxcity.com/history.htm |archive-date=2011-05-26 |access-date=2010-07-28 |publisher=Sioux City Public Library |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:1859 nebraska.jpg|thumb|1859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails.]]
Sioux City was laid out in the winter of 1854–1855.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bH8HtIwXzdcC |title=History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth |publisher=Western Publishing Company |year=1882 |location=Sioux City |page=178 |oclc=15078679 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It became a major transportation hub to the western Plains, including Mormons heading to Salt Lake City and speculators heading to Wyoming goldfields.

In 1891, the Sioux City Elevated Railway was opened and became the third steam-powered elevated [[rapid transit]] system in the world, and later the first electric-powered elevated railway in the world after conversion in 1892. However, the system fell into bankruptcy and closed within a decade.<ref name="Elevated Railway">{{Cite web |title=Elevated Railway |url=http://www.siouxcityhistory.org/transportation/114-elevated-railway |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814144253/http://www.siouxcityhistory.org/transportation/114-elevated-railway |archive-date=2021-08-14 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Sioux City History |language=en}}</ref>

The city gained the nickname "Little Chicago" during the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] era due to its reputation for being a purveyor of alcoholic beverages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunshine |first=Rebecca |date=2008-07-20 |title=Our Hometown: 'Downtown Sioux City' |url=http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8705426 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012133/http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8705426 |archive-date=2018-01-17 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[KTIV]] |language=en}}</ref>

On July 19, 1989, [[United Airlines Flight 232]] crash-landed at [[Sioux Gateway Airport]], killing 112 people, but 184 survived the crash and ensuing fire due to outstandingly quick performances by fire and emergency local teams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grandy |first=Fred |date=1989-08-16 |title=Text: H.J.Res.379 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-joint-resolution/379/text |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329221438/https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-joint-resolution/379/text |archive-date=2022-03-29  |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[United States Congress]] |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bush |first=George |date=1989-09-22 |title=Proclamation 6027 of September 22, 1989: Commendation of the Citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, Tri-State Area |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-103/pdf/STATUTE-103-Pg3098-2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308020753/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-103/pdf/STATUTE-103-Pg3098-2.pdf |archive-date=2017-03-08 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[Government Publishing Office]] |language=en}}</ref>

According to a 2015 University of Iowa study for the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities {{!}} Urban and Regional Planning |url=https://www.urban.uiowa.edu/iowa-initiative-for-sustainable-communities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122183850/https://sppa.uiowa.edu/community-engagement/projects |archive-date=2022-01-22 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[University of Iowa]]}}</ref> blight and disinvestment are serious problems in the downtown core as investment has shifted to suburbs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neighborhood Housing Study |url=https://iisc.uiowa.edu/neighborhood-housing-study |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104071821/https://iisc.uiowa.edu/neighborhood-housing-study |archive-date=2022-01-04 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[University of Iowa]]}}</ref>

{{wide image|Sioux City, Iowa LCCN2007660963.tif|800 px|Sioux City, 1911}}