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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