where did the state of iowa get its name
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How did Iowa get its name? THE STATE NAME: The state of Iowa, originally a territory of Wisconsin west of the Mississippi River, was named after the Iowa River. The Iowa River was named after the Iowa Indians who lived in the territory. The tribal name Ayuxwa was spelled by the French as Ayoua and by the English as Ioway..
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History of Iowa State The Farm House, the first building on the Iowa State campus, was completed in 1861, and in 1862, the Iowa legislature voted to accept the provision of the Morrill Act, which was awarded to the agricultural college in 1864.
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List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States The state was established under the name of New Caeserea or New Jersey because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea. The name Jersey most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrs ey meaning Geirr's Island. New Mexico: November 1: 1859: Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México: A calque of Spanish Nuevo México.
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Minnesota Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. Its name comes from the Dakota word for clear blue water.
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Iowa Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west. It is bordered by six states; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. In colonial times, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, peo
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Welcome to the official website of the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma! The Iowa Nation is now divided into two tribes. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska: whereas their tribal headquarters are located in Whitecloud, Kansas.
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Iowa Iowa (/ˈaɪ.oʊwə/) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River and the Big Sioux River on the west. Surrounding states include Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Minnesota to the north. In colonial times, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt.
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The State of Idaho THE STATE NAME: Idaho was first presented to Congress, by mining lobbyist George M. Willing, as a name for a new territory around Pike's Peak. Indian names were popular at the time and by the end of 1860, Congress was set to name the Pike's Peak region Idaho.
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- Iowa is a state, (one of fifty), in the country of the United States of America.
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Song of Iowa Official State Song of Iowa Iowa designated Song of Iowa as the official state song in 1911; lyrics by S.H.M. Byers, sung to the music of Tannenbaum. All State Songs
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Iowa Iowa is bordered by Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Minnesota to the north. In colonial times, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its current state flag is patterned after the flag of France.
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John Robert Stevens  [show article only]hover over links in text for more info The abbreviation for Iowa is IA.Iowa is a West North Central state bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, and South Dakota and Nebraska to the west. Located between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, the state's landscape includes wooded hills, river valleys, and prairies.
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- D’Arcy’s Meats has long standing, personal relationships with the local farmers that produce the best grass fed, organic meat in Alberta. That’s why were able to bring you only the highest quality, most delicious beef, veal, and bison.hat is available is Wagyu beef, North America’s answer to Kobe. Wagyu beef is beef is tender and rich—it can be almost buttery, with more fat marbled through the meat than almost any other kind of meat. D’Arcy’s meats is proud to be the only butcher shop in Alberta that offers Wagyu beef.
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How did Nebraska get its name? The state of Nebraska is actually named after the Platte River from the French meaning broad river.. The Omaha Indians called the river iboapka ibôápka also meaning broad.. river
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- Iowa is bordered by Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the west and north, and Minnesota to the north. In colonial times, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its current state flag is patterned after the flag of France.
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List of largest Iowa cities by population The site was selected in 1839 to be the first county seat of the newly organized Linn County, Iowa. After years of debate over moving the county seat to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, it was put to a vote in 1919. The vote was 9,960 in favor of moving the seat and 4,823 not in favor.
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How did the state of illinois get its name? How did the state of Illinois get its name? The prairie state was once populated with Indians of the Illiniwek tribe. They also were known as the Illini. In their language, their Indian name meant the men. Perhaps they thought they were more manly than the Indians of other tribes.
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Iowa Iowa was admitted to the union as the 29th state on Dec. 28, 1846. As a Midwestern state, Iowa forms a bridge between the forests of the east and the grasslands of the high prairie plains to the west. Its gently rolling landscape rises slowly as it extends westward from the Mississippi River, which forms its entire eastern border.
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- Henry A. Wallace, President Fra … nklin D. Roosevelt's Vice President, was from Iowa. Carrie Chapman, a leader in the movement to get women the right to vote, was also from the state. Iowa's rural land and people have been seen worldwide in the paintings of Grant Wood, a renowned artist. Iowa was named after the Iowa River.
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Section I: History and Geography WRIGHT COUNTY, IOWA. Section I: History and Geography. History. In 1851, Wright County was a part of Delaware, Polk, Boone and Webster counties. In 1855, it seceded from Webster when formally organized. Swamps, marshes and prairie wildflowers constituted the landscape.
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County History subsequently iowa became part of other western territories in 1812 when louisiana became a state the missouri territory was formed out of the louisiana territory although the michigan territory was organized in 1805 iowa did not become a part of that territory until 1833
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Why Is Iowa Called the Hawkeye State? One story that explains Iowa’s nickname, the Hawkeye State, says it is a reference to an Indian warrior named Black Hawk, or Black Sparrow Hawk. James Edwards, a newspaperman, selected the nickname to honor the memory of Black Hawk, who was his friend.
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Geography of Iowa Iowa's bedrock geology generally increases in age from west to east. In northwest Iowa, Cretaceous bedrock can be 74 million years old, in eastern Iowa Cambrian bedrock dates to c. 500 million years ago. Iowa is generally not flat; most of the state consists of rolling hills.
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Iowa Iowa definition. State in the midwestern United States bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, and Nebraska and South Dakota to the west. Its capital and largest city is Des Moines.
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Iowa 101: How did Iowa get its shape? God and Congress, who not always seem to be working together, gave Iowa its first two borders. The natural world was God's doing. On Iowa's east coast, the Mississippi River separates us from Illinois by carving that distinctive facial profile..
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- Kentucky-The name Kentucky, the Wyandot word for “plain” referring to the central plains of the state, was first recorded in 1753. Kentucky, which had been a province of Virginia, became a territory in 1790, and a state in 1792. Louisiana-In 1682 explorer Sieur de la Salle was the first European to descend the Mississippi River all the way to its Delta. He named the area he discovered La Louisiana after Louis XIV of France.