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Iowa`s abc`s. By:kaileigh ward 5j. A is for… Agriculture . Fact 1. fact2. Iowa has some of the richest and most productive soil in the world. Iowa has at least 11,000 different soils. B is for… Black squirrels. B IS FOR …. fact1. fact2.
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Iowa`s abc`s By:kaileigh ward 5j
A is for… Agriculture Fact 1 fact2 Iowa has some of the richest and most productive soil in the world. • Iowa has at least 11,000 different soils.
B is for… Black squirrels B IS FOR … fact1 fact2 Black squirrels live wherever grey squirrels live. • Black squirrels are commonly found in Council bluffs.
C is for… Chief Black Hawk fact1 fact2 He died October 3,1838(aged 70-71)Davis county Iowa. • He was a leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe.
D is for …John Deere fact1 fact2 In 1837, John Deere, and black smith and inventor had an idea to help farmers change the face of agriculture for all time. • Since its founding in 1837, John Deere has seen a great changes in its business,its productsand its services.
E is for… European explorers fact1 fact2 Spanish explorer Vasco Nu`n~ez De Balboa traveled to all lands touching the pacific and with help from their powerful auxiliaries, the Spanish conquered the Inca and Aztec empires. • The first explorations and conquests were made by the Spanish and the Latin Portuguese.
F is for…Fort Madison fact1 fact2 The city of Fort Madison was established in (1808-1813). • Fort Madison was the location of the first U.S. military fort.
G is for …Eastern Goldfinch Fact1 fact2 The top of the males head is black. The female has a dull olive-yellow body. • The Eastern Goldfinch is also called the Wild Canary.
H is for… Harold Hughes fact1 fact2 He was born near Ida Grove, Ida county Iowa, February 10,1922. • Harold Hughes was a senator from Iowa.
I is for…Iowa Speedway fact1 fact2 The 1.3 mile road was designed by Alan Wilson. • Iowa Speedway is the nations most state of the art motorsports facility.
J is for…John Wayne fact1 fact2 For years he lived in Newport Beach where he kept his yacht Wild Goose. • John wayne played the hero in countless war films but never served in the military himself.
K is for..Keokuk National Cementary fact1 fact2 The cementary was a place to enter veterans who died in the five military hospitals in the area. • Keokuk National Cementary was created in a separate , donated plot of Oakland Cementary during the American Civil War.
L is for…Louisiana Purchase fact1 fact2 The Loiusiana Purchase was the purchase of land by the United States from France. • Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase.
M is for…Model T fact1 fact2 Henry Ford created the Model T. • Model T is a car you could find in Iowa in the 1950`s.
N is for…Norwegian immigrants fact1 fact2 There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian immigrants. • Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century.
O is for…Oak tree fact1 fact2 Its height is 50` to 70` feet. • The scientific name for Iowa`s the oak tree is quercus rubra.
P is for…Zebulon Pike Fact 1 fact2 He died April 27,1813(aged 34)York,Ontario,Upper Canada. • He was born January 5,1779 Lumberton,New Jersey.
Q is for…Quaker Stake and Lube fact1 fact2 The restaurant is known for its chicken wing hot sauce flavors, which are depicted on the Scoville scale. The hottest flavor is the "Triple Atomic Sauce", which is made from the ghost pepper. The Atomic flavor is sold individually in a dropper bottle sealed in an oversized childproof prescription container. Customers must sign a liability waiver before ordering the Triple Atomic or Atomic, freeing Quaker Steak from any liability. • Quaker Steak & Lube is a casual dinning restaurant based in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The original restaurant was built in 1974 by George "Jig" Warren and Gary "Mo" Mascaras in an abandoned gas station in downtown Sharon, and decorated with license plates and old automobiles. Originally a "cook-your-own-steak" establishment, Quaker Steak's signature dish is now its chicken wings and the variety of sauces used to season.
R is for…Billy Robinson Fact1 fact2 Born September 18, 1939) is a British professinal wrestler and catch wrestling instructor. • Robinson began his amateur wrestling career in England. He was the British National Wrestling Champion in 1957, and in 1958 he was the European Open Wrestling Champion in the light heavyweight class, beating an Olympic bronze medal winner in the finals.
S is for…Sara Lee fact1 fact2 ” Today Sara Lee is a philanthropist who spends most of her time supporting the education and advancement of women and girls in science. • Sara Lee was 8 years old when Charlie Lublin, a bakery entrepreneur, decided to name his new line of cheesecakes after his daughter, Sara Lee.
T is for…John Todd fact1 fact2 He was a primary source for many Chick Publications works against Dungeon Dragons, Catholicism, Neopaganism, and Christian rock. Although most of his activity was during the 1970s, his claims continue to be spread in some fundamentalist Christian circles. • John Wayne Todd (c. 1950 – November 10, 2007), also known as "John Todd Collins", "Lance Collins",and "Christopher Collins",was a speaker, occultist, and conspiracy theorist who claimed to have been born into a 'witchcraft family' before converting to Christianity (in 1972, by some accounts).
U is for…Underground Railroad fact1 fact2 The name may have come from an incident in 1831 when a freedom seeker (runaway slave) named Tice David ran away from a Kentucky plantation. • The “Underground Railroad” was an organized system for helping escaped slaves from the southern states reach freedom in the north or Canada in the years before the Civil War.
V is for…Villisca Axe Murder H ouse fact1 fact2 As residents of this small town reinforced locks, openly carried weapons and huddled together while sleeping, newspaper reporters and private detectives flooded the streets. Accusations, rumors and suspicion ran rampant among friends and families. • Almost 97 years ago, long before serial killers and mass murders had become a way of life, two adults and 6 children were found brutally murdered in their beds in the small mid-western town of Villisca, Iowa. During the weeks that followed, life in this small town changed drastically.
W is for…Wild Rose fact1 fact2 It was chosen for the state flower in honor because it was one of the decorations used on the silver service. • Wild Rose was designated the official state flower in 1897.
X is for…Xavier High School fact1 fact2 It is affiliated with twelve area Catholic parishes and the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Xavier opened in 1998 after two previous Catholic high schools, Regis High School and LaSalle High School, merged. • Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the sixth largest and only Catholic high school in the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.
Y is for… Yucca plant Fact1 fact2 Many species of yucca also bear edible parts. • Yuccas are widely planted in the western U.S.as a landscape plant.
Z is for… Blank Park Zoo fact1 fact2 In 1963 Mr. A.H. Blank donated 150,000 dollars for the construction of Blank Park Zoo. • It was officially opened May 8,1966.
