By:
Rachel
Teten
Albert the Bull is” the
world’s largest bull”.
Albert was built by the
Audubon Junior Chamber
of Commerce. The idea of
Albert the Bull was made
in 1961. However, because
of the lack of
encouragement dropped
at that time.
The Black Angel is located in
Council Bluffs, Iowa. It is said that
Grenville Dodges wife, Anna, saw
the Black Angel in a dream. The
black Angel was standing on the
front of a boat. It offered her the
water of life. The first two nights
Anna refused to go with the Black
Angel but on the third night she
gave in and went with The Black
Angel and died that night.
In 1981 there were 14.4 acres
of corn planted. Since the early
1990’s, there has been an
average of 12.5 acres of corn
planted every year. The
weather has a major effect on
how the corn grows.
Management factors are also a
big factor in corn growth such
as row spacing, planting depth,
plant densities, and plant
option.
Des Moines is the capital of
Iowa. It is 77.2 square miles.
The elevation of Iowa is 955
feet. The population of Des
Moines is 203,433 people.
In 2007 the New York Times
said “If you have any desire
to witness presidential
coordinates in the most
close-up and intimate of
settings, there is arguably
no better place to go than
Des Moines. Des Moines is
said to be “the number one
spot for insurance
agencies.” Des Moines is
also the home of Adventure
land.
The bald eagle has snowy
white feathers on the top of its
head and tail, but the rest of
the bird is a dark brown color.
The bald eagle is the national
bird. Many people believe that
it should be the Iowa state bird
but, it was beat out by the
Eastern Goldfinch. Bald Eagles
live near water and eat mice,
rabbits, and other small
animals as well as fish. The
Bald Eagle’s nest is about six
feet wide by six feet tall and six
feet deep.
Old Fort Madison which
is the Midwest's oldest
American military
garrison is located on the
upper Mississippi River.
Fort Madison is one of
the county seats of Lee
County, Iowa. Fort
Madison has a high
tornado average so when
Fort Madison got
knocked down they built
a stronger replica.
Grant Wood was
born on February
13, 1891, and died
on February 12,
1942, at age 50.
Grant Wood
attended The
School Of Arts
Institute in Chicago.
Grant Wood was
born in Anamosa,
Iowa. During his
life, Grant Wood,
painted many
things but his most
famous painting is
American Gothic.
Herbert Hoover was
the thirty-first
president of the USA.
He was born on
August 10, 1874 in
West Branch, Iowa. He
died on October 20,
1964 at the age of 90.
Herbert Hoover was a
republican and the
only president to ever
be born in Iowa.
Herbert Hoover was
married to Lou Henry
Hoover. They had two
kids Herbert Clark
Hoover Jr., and Allen
Henry Hoover.
The Iowa State Flag was adopted in 1921. It
was designed by Mrs. Pixie Gebhardt. It is red,
white, and blue to show that Iowa was part of
the Louisiana Purchase. On the flag there is a
bald eagle holding a ribbon that says “OUR
LIBERTIES WE PRIZE,AND OUR RIGHTS WE
WILL MAINTAIN.”
John William Carson(Johnny Carson) was born on
October 23,1925 in Corning, Iowa. He died on
January 23, 2005 in los Angeles, California. Johnny
Carson had four wives Joan Morrill Wolcott (19491963), Joanne Copeland (1963-1972), Joanna
Holland (1972-1985), and Alexandra Mass (19872005/ his death).Johnny Carson was the host of the
tonight show. He got many awards. His Emmy
Awards were Special Classification Of Outstanding
Individual Achievement which he got in 1976, 1977,
1978, and 1979. He also got the Governor's Award
in 1980. He got the Outstanding Variety, Music or
comedy program in 1992. Johnny Carson also got
the Peabody award in 1986. He was also in the
NAVY.
The Klu Klux Klan was created
to terrorize black people who
became free after the war. It
only lasted a few years from
1865-1869. In 1920 the Klu
Klux Klan came to Iowa. The
Klu Klux Klan wanted people
to support “clean living” which
to them meant dope, graft,
night clubs, road houses,
violation of the Sabbath, and
unfair business dealings.
To build a log cabin you need wood, straw,
clay mud, dirt, and a few shingles for the
roof. The advantages of having a log cabin
would be to have not as many bugs, wood
floors instead of dirt floors, and it would be
warmer in the winter. Disadvantages would
be that there are splinters, and a fire could
start from your fireplace. There is also scarce
wood so it would be hard to build a house or
to fix it. Most log cabins were built in
Southeastern or East Central Iowa. Log cabins
were built by the pioneers.
Mound Builders were people
who would build mounds out of
dirt. They were usually built in
the shape of buffalo, birds,
snakes, and bears. The mounds
were built from The Great Lakes
to the Gulf of Mexico and the
Mississippi River to the
Appalachian Mountains. The
greatest mounds are in the Ohio
Valleys to the Mississippi. Many
people thought that because
they mound builders would
bury the dead in the mounds
that they were uncivilized.
The Nez Perce Indians lived
in the Pacific Northwest
region of the US then moved
to northern Iowa. The Nez
Pierce are currently in Idaho.
Their name for themselves is
Nimiipuu meaning “the
people”. In journals that
were found the Nez Perce are
called Chopunnish which
means “we walked out of the
woods or walked out of the
mountains”.
Okoboji is the only
national park that
has a lake made from
a glacier. Okoboji is a
major summer
vacation area.
Okoboji has become
a national name
because of all of the
souvenirs that they
sell and all of the
things that people
can do. Many people
claim to have gotten
an education while
visiting Okoboji.
The Fort Dodge Prairie fire of 1860 started when
Daniel Swearington was on his way to Fort Dodge
from Tuscawara county in a wagon with his wife and
children and was caught in a prairie fire. Before
anyone could do anything, the wagon was over taken
with a fire. Before Daniel could get out his clothing
was on fire… he was then, unfortunately, knocked out
of the wagon and kicked by his horse. Daniel saw his
wife fall out of the wagon dead. He then dragged one
of his children out but he was also dead. Daniel’s
clothing was burned from his body and he had severe
burns on his face, head, and hands. He ended up
finding nothing left of one of his children but the skull
and of the other children ashes and bones with no
sign of humanity left in any of them. One of the horses
was burned to death in the harness and the other got
out of his harness but was badly burned. They were 7
miles away from Fort Dodge, their destination.
Quaker Oats is an American food company that has been
owned by Pepsico since 2001. Quaker Oats was founded in
1901 when four oat mills merged. Quaker Oats now makes
$10,081,972,025 a year. In 1969 Quaker Oats acquired
Fisher-Price and spun it off on 1991. In 1983 Quaker Oats
bought Stokely-Van Camp the makers of Van Camp’s and
Gatorade. Quaker Oats bought Snapple for $1.7 billion in
1994 and sold it to Tariarc in 1997 for $300 million. The
second largest Quaker Oats factory is in Des Moines, Iowa.
R is for
RAGBRAI
RAGBRAI was first
started by a few friends
who wanted to see if
they could ride across
Iowa on bikes within six
days. The tradition,
however, began when a
newspaper column
wanted the friends to
write a column while
they were riding. When
people read the column
they wanted to join.
Eventually became the
longest, largest, and
oldest bike ride in the
US. I t is sometimes
referred to as “The
Great Three Day Bike
Ride”.
To build a sod house you
need mud, dirt, grass,
plow, horse, ox, and a
little bit of timber. Some
advantages are shelter,
sturdy, don’t burn, cool in
summer, warm in winter.
There are also
disadvantages and they
are insects coming from
the roots in the roof, a lot
of cleaning, small, not
many wood floors, dirty,
and very dark. Most sod
houses were built in
Northwestern Iowa.
The Turner
Society Hall is
in Northwest
Davenport. It
has been on
the National
Register of
Historical
Places since
1979. The
Turner Society
building was
burned down
in a fire on
July 4, 1882
and was
rebuilt soon
after. The East
Turner Hall
still stands on
the East side
of Davenport.
The Union Pacific Railroad was going to
start in Iowa as President Lincoln asked.
However, the people who were supposed
to build it didn’t know how to build the
bridge to get it to Nebraska. The UP
railroad now covers 2/3 of the US.
Abigail Van Buren was born on July 4, 1918 in Sioux City,
Iowa. She was born to Abraham Freidman and Rebecca
Rushall. Her only sibling is Ann Landers. Abigail married
Morton Phillips and had two children Edward Jay Phillips
and Etta Jeanne Phillips. Abigail would say “If we could sell
our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be
millionaires”.
The Wild Rose is Iowa’s state flower.
It became the state flower in 1987.
The wild rose was chosen because,
it was one of the decorations on the
battleship USS Iowa. Wild roses
bloom anytime from June to late
summer. The wild rose is various
shades of pink and has multiple
yellow stamens in the center.
The Basilica of St.
Francis was built
in 1889. It is one
of only fifty-two
basilicas in the
US. The Basilica
of St. Francis
seats 1,200
people with
5,000 people in
parish. The main
alter in The
Basilica of St.
Francis is made
of Italian marble.
The two steeples
are each 212 feet
tall.
The Yellow River State Forest was
founded in 1933 by the Civilian
Conservation Corps with land at the
mouth of the Yellow River. It has six
sections Luster Heights, Paint Creek
North, Paint Creek South, Paint Rock,
Waukon Junction, and the Yellow
River. Yellow River is home to one of
only two popcorn-owned sawmills in
Iowa. The other is in Shimek State
Forest. In the forest is the Yellow River
fire tower. The only fire tower still
standing in Iowa. The tower is 100 feet
tall.
Zearing Iowa was formed out of the Lincoln Township
on October 17,1881. Zearing was named after William
Mitchell Zearing who was a judge from Chicago that
gave the first church in Zearing a bell. The average
amount of people in the families in Zearing was 3.13
people. Zearing is right in the middle of Iowa.
Rachel Teten