You may not have notice but just recently our very own state, Iowa, celebrated its birthday. This year (2011) would mark the 165th anniversary of the state Iowa. On December 28th 1846 Iowa became the 29th state to enter into the Union.
I did a little research on Iowa and I found some interesting facts about our dear state Iowa that you may not
have known:
1. Strawberry Point is home to the world’s largest strawberry
2. Dubuque Is the state’s oldest city
3. Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids is the largest cereal company in the world (it smells good to sometimes when you drive by it, especially if it’s something with apple cinnamon.)
4. Another fact about Dubuque, its home to the only county courthouse with a gold dome.
5. Sabula is Iowa’s only town on an island (I would have never guessed we would have an island in Iowa)
6. Iowa is the only state name that starts with two vowels
7. Iowa State University is the oldest land grant college in the U.S.A
8. Ripley’s Believe It or Not has called Burlington’s Snake Alley the most crooked street in the world. (the crookedness could be why they called in Snake because snakes coil up and slither around).
9. Elk Horn is the largest Danish settlement in the United States.
10. Scranton is home to Iowa’s oldest water tower still in service.
Here are some famous people from Iowa: John Wayne (actor) from Winterset, Glenn Miller (bandleader) from Clarinda, William Buffalo Bill Cody (skilled gunsmen) from Scott City, Grant Wood (painter) from Anamosa, Donna Reed (actress) from Denison, Herbert Hoover (president) from West Branch and Ashton Kutcher (actor) from Cedar Rapids. There were some more famous people from Iowa but I didn’t really recognize them.
I hoped you enjoyed the little information that you may not have known about Iowa and wish a happy birthday to Iowa.
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