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  2. History of Iowa - Wikipedia

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    A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites & More (Arcadia, 2018) Moe, Edward O., and Carl Cleveland Taylor. Culture of a contemporary rural community: Irwin, Iowa (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1942) online history and status in 1940 of Irwin, Iowa, a small town in Shelby County.

  3. Geography of Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Simplified map of Iowa Bedrock formations of Iowa. The geography of Iowa includes the study of bedrock, landforms, rivers, geology, paleontology and urbanisation of the U.S. state of Iowa. The state covers an area of 56,272.81 sq mi (145,746 km 2).

  4. Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.

  5. Outline of Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Iowa is located in the Midwestern United States, and often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. [1] Iowa was a part of the French colony of New France.

  6. Iowa Territory - Wikipedia

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    The Territory of Iowa was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1838, [1] until December 28, 1846, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Iowa.

  7. Archaeology of Iowa - Wikipedia

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    The archaeology of Iowa is the study of the buried remains of human culture within the U.S. state of Iowa from the earliest prehistoric through the late historic periods. When the American Indians first arrived in what is now Iowa more than 13,000 years ago, they were hunters and gatherers living in a Pleistocene glacial landscape.

  8. Des Moines, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    A granite map of Iowa depicting all 99 counties rests at the base of the terrace and has become an attraction for in-state visitors, many of whom walk over the map to find their home county. The State of Iowa Historical Museum is near the state capitol in Des Moines' East Village. Iowa's history lives on in the State of Iowa Historical Museum ...

  9. Amana Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1587296857. Shambaugh, Bertha Maude Horack (1908). Amana: The Community of True Inspiration. Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa. Webber, Philip E. (2009). Kolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana. Iowa City, IA: University Of Iowa Press.