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Des Moines (/ d ə ˈ m ɔɪ n / ⓘ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. [6]
1885 - Des Moines Women's Club founded. [12] 1886 - Iowa State Capitol built. 1888 - William Lytle Carpenter elected mayor. [13] 1889 - Des Moines Zoological Gardens opens. [14] 1890 Highland Park College founded. [1] Population: 50,093. [1] 1893 - Sisters of Mercy from Davenport, Iowa open first hospital in Des Moines.
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 during James K. Polk's presidency. A year before, a proposed northern border went as far as St. Paul, Minnesota.
Grimes would later serve as a Republican United States Senator from Iowa. Republicans took over state politics in the 1850s and quickly instigated several changes. They moved the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines, established the University of Iowa and they wrote a new state constitution.
The Des Moines Register is celebrating its 175th year in July. ... curator at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines, assists with installation of The Des Moines Register's globe at the museum ...
About us: Founded as the Iowa State Normal School, then renamed Iowa State Teachers College and later, State College of Iowa, UNI gained its current name in 1967. It is the alma mater of U.S. Sen ...
Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [7] [8] [9] 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.
Nine state capitals are French words or of French origin (Baton Rouge, Boise, Des Moines, Juneau, Montgomery, Montpelier, Pierre, Richmond, Saint Paul) - not even counting Little Rock (originally "La Petite Roche") or Cheyenne (a French rendering of a Lakota word). Fifteen state names are either French words / origin (Delaware, New Jersey ...