IOWA’S ABC

By: Kacey Ryan

A is for …ADVENTURELAND

• Adventureland opened in July 1974• It is located in Altoona, Iowa

B is for…Barn Quilts

• Starting summer of 2005, visitors to Sac County, Iowa began seeing decorative quilt blocks on historic barns and corncribs all around the county.

• In 2006 there were 55 barn quilts located in Sac County, Iowa.

C is for…corn• IOWA’s corn production in 2011 was 2.33 billion

bushels.• Baby food, chewing gum, and dry cell batteries

are products that are made with corn.

D is for…Des Moines

• Des Moines was founded in 1843.• Des Moines is located in Polk County and is

the capital city of IOWA.

E is for …Earthquakes

• Only 13 earthquake with epicenters in Iowa are known in historic times.

• The largest Iowa earthquake was near Davenport, Iowa in 1934.

F is for…Flathead Catfish

• Flathead Catfish are found in Iowa lakes, the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers.

• The Iowa state record fish was caught in Lake Ellis, Chariton, Iowa and weighed 81 pounds.

G is for…Geode Rocks

• The Geode was designated the offical rock of Iowa in 1967.

• Geode State Park ,in Henry County, is named for the occurrence of the Geode.

H is for…Hitchcock Nature Center

• Hitchcock Nature Center is located in Honey Creek, Iowa.

• It is a 1,102 acre nature center with some of the largest prairie remnants in the state of Iowa.

I is for…IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

• IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY opened in 1959.• There are approximately 28,000 students that

go to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY.

J is for jail • The unique Squirrel Cage Jail is located in

Council Bluffs.• It served as the Pottawattamie County Jail

from 1885 until 1969.

K is for… Knoxville Sprint Car Nationals

• The Sprint Car Nationals attract over 150 of the best cars, teams, and drivers in the world including racing fans from every state in the nation.

• Knoxville is the home of the Knoxville Raceway which has earned a solid reputation as the fastest half-mile dirt racetrack in the nation.

L is for… lake Manawa State Park

• Lake Manawa State Park includes 1,529 acres and has a 660 acre natural lake.

• Lake Manawa was formed during a flood in 1881.

M is for…Muscatine

• Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa. The population was 22,886 in the 2010 census.

• The name Muscatine is believed by some to have been named after the Mascouten native American

tribe.

N is for…Nibbelin barn

• John and Doris Nibble's barn was built in the 1840’s.

• The barn has been in the family for 95 years.

O is for…Oak Tree• In 1961 Iowa’s government officially named the Oak tree to be Iowa’s state

tree. • They chose it because there were a lot of them in the state and it is good

for providing shelter, food, and nesting cover for many animals and birds

P is for…Prairie Meadows

• Prairie Meadows is Iowa’s first horse racing facility.• March 1, 1989 was the first day of racing at Prairie

Meadows race track.

Q is for…Quasqueton ,Iowa• Quasqueton, the oldest town in Buchanan County,

was first settled in 1842.• The name was originally Quasquetuk which was

named by the Indians that lived on the west side of the river. It means "swift running water".

R is for…Railroads

• Railroad transportation came to Iowa in the late 1840’s.

• Iowa had approximately 655 miles of track in operation by 1860 and 2,683 miles by 1870.

S is for…Jonas Salk• Jonas Salk (1914-1995) was a research physician

who formulated a vaccine against the devastating disease, polio, at Iowa University.

• Poliomyelitis, also called infantile paralysis, had crippled thousands of children during an epidemic that hit the world during the 1940's and 1950's.

T is for… Toolesboro Indian Mounds

• These mounds are a group of seven Woodland culture burial mounds located in Wapello, Iowa.

• The mounds are on a bluff overlooking the Iowa River near where it joins the Mississippi River.

U is for…Underground Railroad

• There were more than 100 Iowans who helped with the Underground Railroad in Iowa.

• Some of the best-known Iowans who helped are Congressman Josiah B. Grinnell ,Iowa and John Williamson ,a free African-American living near Council Bluffs.

V is for…Villisca

• The Villisca, Iowa axe murders occurred on June 10, 1912.

• A small community in Villisca, Iowa awoke to find 8 of their own had been brutally murdered by someone with an axe during the middle of the night.

W is for…Wild Rose

• The Iowa Legislature designated the Wild Rose as the official Iowa state flower in 1897.

• The wild rose can grow up to 15 meters tall & it is also famous for its prickly stems.

X is for…Xavier High School

• Xavier High School is the 6th largest and only Catholic High school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

• The school opened on February 18 ,1963.

Y is for…Yale ,Iowa

• Yale is a city in Guthrie County ,Iowa.• The population in the 2010 census was 246.

Z is for…Zoo

• Blank Park Zoo is located in Des Moines, Iowa. • The Blank Park Zoo has over 800 furry friend

animals living there.

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