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In colonial times, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana<\/a> and Spanish Louisiana<\/a>; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. \u00a0After the Louisiana Purchase<\/a>, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt.<\/a><\/p>\n In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa’s agricultural economy made the transition to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and green energy production.\u00a0 Iowa\u2019s capital and largest city by population is Des Moines<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iowa has been listed as one of the safest states in which to live.<\/p>\n Iowa derives its name from the Ioway<\/a> people, one of the many Native American tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration.<\/p>\n Iowa is bordered by the Mississippi River on the east; the Missouri River and the Big Sioux River on the west; the northern boundary is a line along 43 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude.\u00a0 The southern border is the Des Moines River and a not-quite-straight line along approximately 40 degrees 35 minutes north, as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Missouri v. Iowa (1849)<\/a> after a standoff between Missouri and Iowa known as the Honey War<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are formed entirely by rivers.<\/p>\n Iowa is generally not flat; most of the state consists of rolling hills. \u00a0Iowa can be divided into eight landforms based on glaciation, soils, topography, and river drainage.\u00a0 Loess<\/a> hills lie along the western border of the state, some of which are several hundred feet thick.<\/p>\n Northeast Iowa along the Mississippi River is part of the Driftless Zone<\/a>, consisting of steep hills and valleys which appear almost mountainous.<\/p>\n Iowa’s natural vegetation is tallgrass prairie<\/a> and savanna in upland areas, with dense forest and wetlands in flood plains and protected river valleys, and pothole wetlands in northern prairie areas.\u00a0 Most of Iowa is used for agriculture; crops cover 60% of the state, grasslands (mostly pasture and hay with some prairie and wetland) cover 30%, and forests cover 7%; urban areas and water cover another 1% each.<\/p>\n There is a dearth of natural areas in Iowa; less than 1% of the tallgrass prairie that once covered most of Iowa remains intact; only about 5% of the state’s prairie pothole wetlands<\/a> remain, and most of the original forest has been lost.<\/p>\n The explosion in the number of high-density livestock facilities in Iowa has led to increased rural water contamination and a decline in air quality.\u00a0 Other factors negatively affecting Iowa’s environment include the extensive use of older coal-fired power plants, fertilizer and pesticide runoff from crop production, and diminishment of the Jordan Aquifer.<\/p>\n When American Indians first arrived in what is now Iowa more than 13,000 years ago, they were hunters and gatherers living in a Pleistocene<\/a> glacial landscape. By the time European explorers and traders visited Iowa, American Indians were largely settled farmers with complex economic, social, and political systems. This transformation happened gradually. During the Archaic period<\/a> (10,500\u20132,800 years ago), American Indians adapted to local environments and ecosystems, slowly becoming more sedentary as populations increased.<\/p>\n More than 3,000 years ago, during the Late Archaic period, American Indians in Iowa began utilizing domesticated plants. The subsequent Woodland period<\/a> saw an increased reliance on agriculture and social complexity, with increased use of mounds, ceramics, and specialized subsistence. During the Late Prehistoric period<\/a> (beginning about AD 900) increased use of maize and social changes led to social flourishing and nucleated settlements.<\/p>\n The arrival of European trade goods and diseases in the Protohistoric period<\/a> led to dramatic population shifts and economic and social upheaval, with the arrival of new tribes and early European explorers and traders. \u00a0There were numerous Indian tribes living in Iowa at the time of early European exploration. Tribes which were probably descendants of the prehistoric Oneota<\/a> include the Dakota<\/a>, Ho-Chunk<\/a>, Ioway, and Otoe<\/a>. \u00a0Tribes which arrived in Iowa in the late prehistoric or protohistoric periods include the Illiniwek<\/a>, Meskwaki<\/a>, Omaha<\/a>, and Sauk<\/a>.<\/p>\n The first known European explorers to document Iowa were Jacques Marquette<\/a> and Louis Jolliet<\/a> who traveled the Mississippi River in 1673 documenting several Indian villages on the Iowa side.\u00a0 The area of Iowa was claimed for France and remained a French territory until 1763. \u00a0The French, before their impending defeat in the French and Indian War<\/a>, transferred ownership to their ally, Spain<\/a>.\u00a0 Spain practiced very loose control over the Iowa region, granting trading licenses to French and British traders, who established trading posts along the Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iowa was part of a territory known as La Louisiane<\/a> or Louisiana, and European traders were interested in lead<\/a> and furs obtained by Indians. \u00a0The Sauk and Meskwaki effectively controlled trade on the Mississippi in the late 18th century and early 19th century. \u00a0Among the early traders on the Mississippi were Julien Dubuque<\/a>, Robert La Salle<\/a>, and Paul Marin<\/a>.\u00a0 Along the Missouri River at least five French and English trading houses were built before 1808.\u00a0 In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a> took control of Louisiana from Spain in a treaty.<\/p>\n After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Congress divided the Louisiana Purchase into two parts\u2014the Territory of Orleans<\/a> and the District of Louisiana<\/a>, with present-day Iowa falling in the latter. \u00a0The Indiana Territory<\/a> was created in 1800 to exercise jurisdiction over this portion of the District; William Henry Harrison<\/a> was its first governor. \u00a0Much of Iowa was mapped by Zebulon Pike<\/a> in 1805, but it was not until the construction of Fort Madison<\/a> in 1808 that the U.S. established tenuous military control over the region.<\/p>\n Fort Madison was built to control trade and establish U.S. dominance over the Upper Mississippi, but it was poorly designed and disliked by the Sauk and Ho-Chunk, many of whom allied with the British, who had not abandoned claims to the territory.\u00a0 Fort Madison was defeated by British-supported Indians in 1813 during the War of 1812<\/a>, and Fort Shelby<\/a> in Prairie du Chien<\/a>, Wisconsin, also fell to the British. Black Hawk<\/a> took part in the siege of Fort Madison.<\/p>\n After the war, the U.S. re-established control of the region through the construction of Fort Armstrong<\/a>, Fort Snelling<\/a> in Minnesota, and Fort Atkinson<\/a> in Nebraska.<\/p>\n The U.S. encouraged settlement of the east side of the Mississippi and removal of Indians to the west. \u00a0Trade continued in furs and lead, but disease and forced population movement decimated Indian cultures and economies. \u00a0A disputed 1804 treaty between Quashquame<\/a> and William Henry Harrison that surrendered much of Illinois to the U.S. enraged many Sauk and led to the 1832 Black Hawk War<\/a>. \u00a0As punishment for the uprising, and as part of a larger settlement strategy, treaties were subsequently designed to remove all Indians from Iowa.<\/p>\n The Sauk and Meskwaki were pushed out of the Mississippi valley in 1832, out of the Iowa River valley in 1843, and out of Iowa altogether in 1846. \u00a0Many Meskwaki later returned to Iowa and settled near Tama, Iowa<\/a>; the Meskwaki Settlement remains to this day. \u00a0In 1856 the Iowa Legislature passed an unprecedented act allowing the Meskawki to purchase the land; Indians were not usually permitted to do so. \u00a0The Ho-Chunk were removed from Iowa in 1850, and the Dakota were removed by the late 1850s. \u00a0Western Iowa around modern Council Bluffs<\/a> was used as a way station for other tribes being moved west, including the Potawatomi.<\/p>\n The first American settlers officially moved to Iowa in June 1833.\u00a0 Primarily, they were families from Ohio<\/a>, Pennsylvania<\/a>, New York<\/a>, Indiana<\/a>, Kentucky<\/a>, and Virginia<\/a>.\u00a0 On July 4, 1838, the U.S. Congress established the Territory of Iowa.<\/a><\/p>\n Almost immediately after achieving territorial status, a clamor arose for statehood. \u00a0On December 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th state in the Union when President James K. Polk<\/a> signed Iowa’s admission bill into law. \u00a0Once admitted to the Union, the state’s boundary issues resolved, and most of its land purchased from the Indians, Iowa set its direction to development and organized campaigns for settlers and investors, boasting the young frontier state’s rich farmlands, fine citizens, free and open society, and good government.<\/p>\n Iowa supported the Union during the Civil War, voting heavily for Abraham Lincoln<\/a>, though there was a strong antiwar “Copperhead<\/a>” movement among settlers of southern origins and among Catholics.\u00a0 There were no battles in the state, although the battle of Athens, Missouri, 1861<\/a>, was fought just across the Des Moines River from Croton, Iowa, and shots from the battle landed in Iowa. \u00a0Iowa sent large supplies of food to the armies and the eastern cities.<\/p>\n The introduction of railroads in the 1859s and 1860s transformed Iowa into a major agricultural producer.<\/p>\n In 1917, the United States entered World War I and farmers as well as all Iowans experienced a wartime economy. \u00a0For farmers, the change was significant. \u00a0Since the beginning of the war in 1914, Iowa farmers had experienced economic prosperity. \u00a0In the economic sector, Iowa also has undergone considerable change. \u00a0Beginning with the first farm-related industries developed in the 1870s, Iowa has experienced a gradual increase in the number of business and manufacturing operations.<\/p>\n The transition from an agricultural economy to a mixed economy happened slowly. \u00a0The Great Depression<\/a> and World War II<\/a> accelerated the shift away from smallholder farming to larger farms, and began a trend of urbanization. \u00a0The period since World War II has witnessed a particular increase in manufacturing operations. \u00a0While agriculture continued to be the state’s dominant industry, Iowans also produce a wide variety of products including refrigerators, washing machines, fountain pens, farm implements, and food products.<\/p>\n The Farm Crisis of the 1980s<\/a> caused a major recession in Iowa, causing poverty not seen since the Depression.\u00a0 The crisis spurred a major, decade-long population decline.<\/p>\n After bottoming out in the 1980s, Iowa’s economy began to become increasingly less dependent on agriculture, and by the early 21st century was characterized by a mix of manufacturing, biotechnology, finance and insurance services, and government services.\u00a0 The population of Iowa has increased at a faster rate than the U.S. as a whole, and Iowa now has a predominantly urban population.<\/p>\n While Iowa is often viewed as a farming state, in reality agriculture is a small portion of a diversified economy, with manufacturing, biotechnology, finance and insurance services, and government services contributing substantially to Iowa’s economy.\u00a0 This economic diversity has helped Iowa weather the late 2000s recession better than most states, with unemployment substantially lower than the rest of the nation.<\/p>\n Manufacturing is the largest sector of Iowa’s economy, with $20.8 billion (21%) of Iowa’s 2003 gross state product. \u00a0Major manufacturing sectors include food processing, heavy machinery, and agricultural chemicals. \u00a0Sixteen percent of Iowa’s workforce is dedicated to manufacturing.<\/p>\n Food processing is the largest component of manufacturing. \u00a0Besides processed food, industrial outputs include machinery, electric equipment, chemical products, publishing, and primary metals.\u00a0 Companies with direct or indirect processing facilities in Iowa include: ConAgra Foods<\/a>, Wells Blue Bunny<\/a>, Barilla<\/a>, Heinz<\/a>, Tone’s Spices<\/a>, General Mills<\/a>, and Quaker Oats<\/a>.\u00a0 Meatpacker Tyson Foods<\/a> has 11 locations, second only to its headquarter state Arkansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Major non-food manufacturing firms with production facilities in Iowa include 3M<\/a>, ALCOA<\/a>, Amana Corporation<\/a>, Dexter Apache Holdings, Inc<\/a>., Electrolux\/Frigidaire<\/a>, Emerson Process Management<\/a>, Fisher Controls International<\/a>, Hagie Manufacturing Company<\/a>, HON Industries<\/a>, SSAB<\/a>, John Deere<\/a>, Lennox Manufacturing<\/a>, Maytag Corporation<\/a>, Pella Corporation<\/a>, Procter & Gamble<\/a>, Rockwell Collins<\/a>, Terex<\/a>, Vermeer Company<\/a>, and Winnebago Industries<\/a>.<\/p>\n Directly and indirectly, agriculture has been a major component of Iowa’s economy. \u00a0As of 2007 the direct production and sale of raw agricultural products contributed only about 3.5% of Iowa’s gross state product.\u00a0 In 2002 the impact of the indirect role of agriculture in Iowa’s economy, including agriculture-affiliated business, was calculated at 16.4% in terms of value added and 24.3% in terms of total output. \u00a0This was lower than the economic impact of non-farm manufacturing.\u00a0 Iowa’s main agricultural products are hogs, corn, soybeans, oats, cattle, eggs, and dairy products. \u00a0Iowa is the nation’s largest producer of ethanol<\/a> and corn and some years is the largest grower of soybeans. \u00a0In 2008, the 92,600 farms in Iowa produced 19% of the nation’s corn, 17% of the soybeans, 30% of the hogs, and 14% of the eggs.<\/p>\n As of 2009 major Iowa agricultural product processors include Archer Daniels Midland<\/a>, Ajinomoto<\/a>, Cargill, Inc<\/a>., Diamond V Mills<\/a>, Garst Seed Company<\/a>, Heartland Pork Enterprises<\/a>, Hy-Vee<\/a>, Monsanto Company<\/a>, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, and Quaker Oats.<\/p>\n Iowa has a strong financial and insurance sector, with approximately 6,100 firms, including AEGON<\/a>, Nationwide Group<\/a>, Aviva USA<\/a>, Farm Bureau Financial Services<\/a>, Voya Financial<\/a>, Marsh Affinity Group<\/a>, MetLife<\/a>, Principal Financial Group<\/a>, Principal Capital Management<\/a>, Wells Fargo<\/a>, and University of Iowa Community Credit Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ethanol production consumes approximately one-third of Iowa’s corn production, and renewable fuels account for 8% of the state’s gross domestic product. A total of 39 ethanol plants produced 3.1 billion US gallons of fuel in 2009.<\/p>\n Renewable energy has become a major economic force in northern and western Iowa, with wind turbine electrical generation increasing exponentially since 1990.\u00a0 In 2010, wind power in Iowa accounted for 15.4% of electrical energy produced, and 3675 megawatts of generating capacity had been installed at the end of the year.\u00a0 Iowa ranked first of U.S. states in percentage of total power generated by wind and second in wind generating capacity behind Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2016, Iowa was the headquarters for three of the top 2,000 companies for revenue.\u00a0 They include Principal Financial, Rockwell Collins, and American Equity Investment<\/a>. Iowa is also headquarters to other companies including Hy-Vee, Pella Corporation, Vermeer Company, Kum & Go<\/a> gas stations, Von Maur<\/a>, Pioneer Hi-Bred, and Fareway<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iowa has four primary interstate highways. Interstate 29 (I-29)<\/a>, I-35<\/a>, I-74<\/a>, and I-80<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iowa is served by two in-state regional airports including the Des Moines International Airport<\/a> and the Eastern Iowa Airport<\/a>, in Cedar Rapids<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are also two out-of-state airports that provide services to many Iowa residents based on relative proximity including Quad City International Airport<\/a>, in Moline, Illinois<\/a>, and Eppley Airfield<\/a>, in Omaha, Nebraska<\/a>.<\/p>\n Amtrak’s California Zephyr<\/a> serves the south of Iowa with stops at Burlington<\/a>, Mount Pleasant<\/a>, Ottumwa<\/a>, Osceola<\/a>, and Creston<\/a> on its daily route between Chicago<\/a> and Emeryville, California<\/a>.\u00a0 Fort Madison<\/a> is served by Amtrak’s Southwest Chief<\/a>, running daily between Chicago and Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n The flag of the state of Iowa is a vertical tricolor of blue, white, and red, reflecting the U.S. state of Iowa’s history as part of the French Louisiana Territory.<\/p>\n The image of a bald eagle with a long ribbon reading “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain”, derived from the Seal of Iowa, is centered in the middle white stripe. \u00a0The word “Iowa” is placed directly below it in red, serifed majuscules.<\/p>\n The flag was adopted in 1921; it was first approved in May 1917, by the Iowa State Council for Defense<\/a>. It was designed in 1917, by Knoxville, Iowa<\/a>, resident Mrs. Dixie Cornell Gebhardt<\/a>, of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Iowa<\/a>.<\/p>\n Adopted early in the state’s history, Iowa’s nickname is “The Hawkeye State” as a tribute to chief Black Hawk, leader of the native American Sauk tribe, relocated to Iowa after unsuccessful fighting of settlers.<\/p>\n In our next installment, we move to the far north of the Midwest when we visit Wisconsin, the 30th state.<\/p>\n The flag of the state of Iowa is a vertical tricolor of blue, white, and red, reflecting the U.S. state of Iowa’s history as part of the French Louisiana Territory. The image of a bald eagle with a long ribbon reading “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain”, derived from the Seal of Iowa, is centered in the middle white stripe. 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Origin of the Name:<\/h2>\n
Geography:<\/h2>\n
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History:<\/h2>\n
Prehistory:<\/h3>\n
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Early Exploration and Trade, 1673\u20131808:<\/h3>\n
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War of 1812 and Unstable U.S. Control:<\/h3>\n
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Trade and Indian Removal, 1814\u20131832:<\/h3>\n
U.S. Settlement and Statehood, 1832\u20131860:<\/h3>\n
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Civil War, 1861\u20131865:<\/h3>\n
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Agricultural Expansion, 1865\u20131930:<\/h3>\n
Depression, World War II, and the Rise of Manufacturing, 1930\u20131985:<\/h3>\n
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Reemergence as a Mixed Economy, 1985\u2013Present:<\/h3>\n
Economy:<\/h2>\n
Manufacturing:<\/h3>\n
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Agriculture:<\/h3>\n
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Other Sectors:<\/h3>\n
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Transportation:<\/h2>\n
Interstate Highways:<\/h3>\n
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Airports:<\/h3>\n
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Railroads:<\/h3>\n
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The Flag of Iowa:<\/h2>\n
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State Nickname:<\/h2>\n
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Next Up:<\/h2>\n
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