TOP TEN REASONS I LOVE IOWA

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TOP TEN REASONS I LOVE IOWA
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Inventors
Fred Maytag invented the first clothes washer in
Newton, Iowa in 1907.

• Christian Nelson from Onawa, Iowa invented the
  Eskimo Pie.

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8. The nickname Hawkeye State honors Chief Black
Hawk, a famous Native American. Iowa is an
Indian word that means this is the place or
the beautiful land.
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7. In 1881 Barnum and Baileys circus stopped in
Cedar Rapids and displayed the first electric
lights seen in Iowa.
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6. Iowa has the largest washing machine factor,
cereal mill, and popcorn processing plant.
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5. Ragbrai attracts bicyclists from all over the
world to ride across Iowa.
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4. During the Civil War Iowa Had a Greybeard
Regiment, made up of men over the age of 45 (at
that time the legal cutoff age for soliders).
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3. In 1928 the 31st president, Herbert Hoover
was elected. He was the first president born
west of the Mississippi and the only president
from Iowa.
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2. In 1973 near Adair, Iowa Jesse James commits
the first train robbery.
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1. The first McDonalds in Iowa opened in
Davenport in 1958.
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There are five times as many hogs in Iowa than
there are people.
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The railroad bridge built in 1856 between
Davenport and Rock Island was the first bridge to
span the Mississippi River.
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In Marshalltown it is illegal for horses to eat
fire hydrants.