PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The discoverers of Iowa were the French explorers Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette.
SOME NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES ARE THE
Some early Iowan settlers came from Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Great Britain.
Early railroads in Iowa helped to feed people by bringing manufactured goods.
Early schools were one room schoolhouses that taught kids simple things like math and how to read and write.
In the civil war Iowa fought in the western confederate states for the union.
IOWA BECAME A STATE ON DEC. 28TH 1846
Iowa’s governor is Kim Reynolds
IOWA’S TWO GOVERNORS ARE CHUCK GRASSLEY AND JONI EARNST
IOWA’S REPRESENTATIVES ARE
- Rod Blum
- Dave Loebsack
- David Young
- Steve King
Montgomery county was named after Richard Montgomery an American general.
Some cities in this county are Coburg, Elliot, Grant and Stanton.
IOWA’S STATE FLOWER IS ROSA ARKANSANA
IOWA’S STATE ROCK IS A GEODE
State motto is our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.
A FAMOUS IOWAN IS NORMAN BORLAUG
He was doing extensive research on a mix between rye and wheat called triticale