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In the 1990s Wigtown became Scotland's "book town". However, in contrast to Hay-on-Wye, Wigtown's status as a book town was planned, in order to regenerate a very depressed town (the main employers, the creamery and distillery, having closed in the 1990s), although the distillery has now re-opened and is distilling its own malt whisky. There ...
In 2007, the Wigtown Festival Company became a registered charity. [7] In 2013, there were 7500 visitors to the festival, more than half of which were from outside Dumfries and Galloway. [8] A report commissioned by the Wigtown Festival Company in 2013 estimated that the festival contributed £2 million to the regional economy each year.
A newspaper story that called Albia the ugliest town in Iowa was the catalyst that First Iowa State Bank Board Chairman Robert T. Bates needed to organize in 1965 what became "Operation Facelift." Bates was a renowned interior designer who had worked in Hollywood before returning to Albia in the 1950s. [ 3 ]
Iowa regions map for use on Wikivoyage, SVG file: Date: 17 May 2009: Source: Own work based on the map of Iowa counties & other PD maps from the Perry Castañeda collection: Author: Peter Fitzgerald: Other versions: PNG files: English
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Parents and community members filed 100 challenges to books in Iowa schools between August 2020 and May 2023, according to data gleaned from a statewide records request.
Topography of Iowa, with counties and major streams Landforms of Iowa, based on Prior (1991) and Calvin (1904), with major rivers and streams. Despite popular perception, Iowa is generally not flat; most of the state consists of rolling hills. Prior [19] divides Iowa into eight landforms based on glaciation, soils, topography, and river drainage:
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