By: Caitlyn Colter
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Albert the bull, has been guarding the
streets since 1964, in Audubon.
Albert the bull is 45 tons and 30 feet high of
concrete, and if you push his button it will tell
his story.
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There are two Black angels in Iowa. Their is one
in Iowa City and one in Council Bluffs.
The Black angel was made by Teresa Dolezal
Feldevert, and her son Eddie. When Eddie died
Teresa finished the angel, then she moved to
Eugene, Oregon where she married Nicholas
Feldevert. When he died he got buried by Eddie.
A few years later Teresa got buried right under
the angel, and all of the legends started and
started turning eerie black.
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On October 16,1869 the Cardiff giant was
discovered by workers digging a well behind
the barn of William C.
The Cardiff giant was a 10 foot tall statue of
stone.
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Des Moines is Iowa`s capitol.
Des Moines is the only capitol with a solid
gold top!!!!!
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The Eastern Goldfinch is Iowa's state bird
and was adopted in 1933.
The Eastern Goldfinch is commonly found in
Iowa, and stays all year round.
Female
Male
It is monumental on the bank of the Missouri
River at Sioux City, Iowa.
Charles Floyd is what the Floyd Monument is
about.
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Geode is the Iowa`s state rock. It`s usually
filled with crystals.
Geodes are sphere shaped stones, and mostly
hollow.
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Hawkeye State is Iowa`s nickname.
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Mostly everyone calls it the Hawkeye State.
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The first Iowa State Fair was staged in a
Fairfield in 1854, it cost $323.00 to play in
the Fairfield.
The Butter Cow came to the fair in 1911. The
cow is 600 pounds.
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John Wayne`s real name is Marion Robert
Morrison. He was born in Winterset, Iowa.
His family moved to California when he was
only four.
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He was born on 1767, along the Rock River.
He died on1848 at the age of 58.
He was the chief of the Sauk Indian tribe. In
the town Saukanak.
Abe's
birthplace
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Log cabins were very popular when Abe
linchon was growing up. But the log cabins
started to catch on fire a lot.
Log cabins are very old, but they still exist
today. Now they are new and redesigned.
Today's
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The Mississippi River is one of the largest
river system in size.
Also it is the 3rd longest river in North
America.
◦ Iowa has 99 counties in the state!
◦ The counties Des Moines County and Dubuque
County, were created in 1834.
◦ Pottawattamie county is the largest county in Iowa.
◦ Pottawattamie county is on the southwest side of
the state.
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The oak tree is Iowa's state tree.
It became the state tree in 1961.
it became the state tree because it gave food,
shelter and nesting to many animals. Shelter
for the animals.
winter
fall
summer
spring
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Iowa`s prairies covered most of the
northeast Iowa. The prairie covered 85%of
Iowa's land.
The prairie was 30 million acres. The prairies
are making a comeback.
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Quaker Oats was started in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
That’s north east of the state.
Quaker Oats makes oatmeal, cereal, wheat,
oats and more.
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Iowa has four rivers. The rivers names are
Mississippi River and the other one is
Missouri River.
Those aren't all of the rivers the other two are
Big Sioux River and the Des Moines River.
There are so many more but these are the
most common rivers.
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The song of Iowa is called “ Song of Iowa.”
The song goes like this.
You asked what land I love the best, Iowa, tis Iowa,
The fairest State of all the west, Iowa, O! Iowa,
From yonder Mississippi's stream
To where Missouri's waters gleam
O! fair it is as poet's dream, Iowa, in Iowa.
See yonders fields of tasseled corn, Iowa in Iowa,
Where plenty fills her golden horn, Iowa in Iowa,
See how her wondrous prairies shine.
To yonder sunset’s purpling line,
O! happy land, O! land of mine, Iowa, O! Iowa.
And she has maids whose laughing eyes, Iowa, O! Iowa.
To him whose loves were Paradise, Iowa, O! Iowa
O! happiest fate that e’er was known.
Such eyes to shine for one alone,
To call such beauty all his own. Iowa, O! Iowa
Go read the story of thy past. Iowa, O! Iowa
What glorious deeds, what fame thou hast! Iowa, O! Iowa
So long as time’s great cycle runs,
Or nations weep their fallen ones,
Thou’lt not forget thy patriot sons, Iowa, O! Iowa
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Since 1871, Iowa has had eleven F5/EF5
tornadoes (the most intense damage category on
the and damage scales - less than 1% of tornado
occurrences - wind speeds greater than 200
mph).
Since 1950, the United States has experienced
fifty-two F5/EF5 tornadoes. Six of these
tornadoes have occurred in Iowa. This ties both
Kansas and Texas for the greatest number of
F5/EF5 tornadoes.
In 1902, the town was incorporated, a town marshall
appointed, sidewalks constructed and a jail built at the
cost of $140. The first addition to the town was
presented to the town council in 1903. The old school
house was moved onto town property and made into a
town hall. In 1905, five street lamps were purchased,
sidewalks and streets were extended. From 1907 to
1910 the telephone came to town, a water works
system was installed and cement sidewalks
constructed. By 1917 a fire department was organized.
In 1926 a new consolidated school was built at the cost
of approximately $75,000. There were 62 students in
high school and 116 in the grades with seven teachers
in charge.
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On June 10th, 1912, a family of six, two adults
( Josiah Moore, age 43 and his wife, Sarah
Montgomery (Moore), age 39) and their four
children (Herman Moore, age 11, Katherine
Moore, age 9, Boyd Moore, age 7 and Paul Moore,
age 5), with two of Katherine's friends (Lena
Stillinger, age 12 and her sister Ina, age 8), were
murdered with an axe, by an unknown murderer.
The murder was never solved.
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The Wild Rose became the official state flower
in the year of 1897.
The Wild Rose colors are pink, white, orangered, red, or an purplish-pink.
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Late in the 19th century, a group of scientist
was conducting experiments in which they
discharged electric currents through air in a
partially evacuated (Crooks) tube, inside of
which stood a negative and a positive
electrode.
By January 1896 Wilhelm Roentgen's
discoveries had spread throughout Europe
and North America. Many scientists in the U.S
conducted experiments to confirm
Roentgen's findings.
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Yale, Iowa is a small town in Iowa. The
population for 2010 is 246. The biggest
population number Yale has ever had was in
1970 and the population was 300.
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As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 287
people, 125 households, and 75 families residing
in the city. The population density was 969.8
people per square mile (369.4/km²). There were
130 housing units at an average density of 439.3
per square mile (167.3/km²).
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The Zoo opened on May 8, 1966. Blank Park Zoo
is a zoo on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa
near Fort Des Moines. In 1963, Mr. A.H. Blank
donated $150,000 ($916,000 in 2005 dollars) for
the construction of a children's zoo on
decommissioned Fort Des Moines property.
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The Des Moines Children’s Zoo was officially
opened on May 8, 1966. It was originally
designed around nursery rhymes and included a
castle with moat, a replica of Noah's Ark, petting
zoo and miniature railroad.