By the one and only: Redmon Wallace

Landscape of map Missouri River to the West, Mississippi River to the

East You can walk across the north and south boundary

Not very mountainous

99 counties Largest County- Kosseth County

Capital: Des Moines, IA Population: 3,007,856 Land Area: 55,869 sq miles Entered Union: December 28, 1846 Motto: Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will

maintain.

Des Moines

Song: The song of Iowa Bird: Eastern Goldfinch Tree: Oak Flower: Wild Rose Rock: Geode

92% of Iowa’s land is devoted to Agriculture, which leads the nation

Iowa leads the nation in production of corn, soybeans, and pork and is second in the nation in production of eggs

My connection to Iowa is I have LOTS of relatives that live in Iowa. My mom’ s whole side lives in Iowa and part of my dad’s side lives in Iowa. Iowa is an interesting state. As I said before, over 90% of their land is devoted to farming. My mom grew up on a farm so she knows a lot about farming. I love all my relatives in Iowa.

Iowa is one of the few states in the nation without a professional sports team. They don’t really cheer for the professional teams that often, mainly college. Their main college teams are the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State University Cyclones. I personally like both but when they face off head to head I say go Hawkeyes.

Iowa has four main economy subjects:

Agriculture- Livestock and Crops are huge Manufacturing-cloth , ham, and breakfast sausages Mining-lots of limestone Services-wholesale is huge (Cars, farming machines)

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