Date Admitted to the Union:
December 18, 1846 - Iowa was the 29th state.
Iowa State Capital:
Des Moines
State Nickname:
Hawkeye State
State Motto:
"Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain"
Iowa State Bird:
Eastern Goldfinch
Iowa State Flower:
Wild Rose
Iowa State Tree:
Oak
Cities With Population Over 100,000:
- Des Moines
- Cedar Rapids
Ten Famous People From Iowa:
- Johnny Carson, Talk Show Host
- William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Pony Express Rider and Wild West Performer
- Don Gable, Wrestler
- George H. Gallup, Poll Taker
- Herbert Hoover, 31st President
- Glenn Miller, Bandleader
- Billy Sunday, Evangelist
- Henry Wallace, Vice President under Franklin D. Roosevelt
- John Wayne, Actor
- Grant Wood, Artist
