General facts
• Capital - Des Moines;• area - 92 000 km2;• population - around 3 million;• location - midwestern part of
the United States • neighbours - Nebraska, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri;
• Iowa - Ioway people.
Geography• Major rivers - Mississippi
River, Missouri River;• rolling hills; • about 5 percent is forested;• bald eagle;• animals - deers, raccoons,
opossums, chipmunks.
Symbols
• Bird - Eastern Goldfinch;• flower - Wild Rose;• grass - Bluebunch
Wheatgrass;• tree - Oak;• rock - Geode;• motto - "Our liberties we prize
and our rights we will maintain."
History• Native Americans;• the French Period - Louis Jolliet
and Marquette;• Louisiana Purchase - became a
part of the USA;• december 1846 - Iowa became a
state;• Civil War - helped with railroad;• diverse religious history - small
sects;• Amish, Amana Inspirationists and
Mormons.
Economy
• Diverse economy;• inflation in 1970's;• agriculture - livestock,
crops;• taxation;• transportation - airports
and railroads.
Culture
• Outdoor sports - fishing, hunting, camping;• many festivals - tulip, food;• attractions - adventureland, zoo, waterpark;• Iowa State Fair.
Famous people
• Herbert Hoover;• John Wayne;• Henry Wallace;• Ashton Kutcher;• Kyle Korver;• Glenn Miller;• William "Buffalo Bill" Cody;• Grant Wood.
Laws throughout the history
• A man with a mustache may never kiss a woman in public;
• the "Ice-Cream Man" and his truck are banned;
• horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants;
• one-armed piano players must perform for free;
• it is against the law to kiss for more than five minutes;
• husband may never take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with his wife.
References
• Polly Alison Morrice, Joyce Hart.2007. Iowa. Marshall Cavendish Corporation.
• Jeri Freedman.2010. Iowa Past & Present. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
• www.legis.state.ia.us/Pubinfo/StateSymbols/• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa• shgresources.com/ia/facts/• www.netstate.com/states/geography/ia_geography.htm• www.iowa.gov/• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Iowa