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this is when glaciers withdrew from what is now the state of iowa,
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the first known people to live in what is now Iowa were nomads following game to hunt.
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Trees and grasses begin to grow along streams and rivers
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evidence of crops being grown in what is now the state of Iowa
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united states buy large area of land west of the Mississippi, including what is now iowa
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iowa becomes a part of the united states
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state capital of Iowa moves from Iowa city to Des Moines.
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The firsrt railroad though the state of Iowa is completes
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The Rural Free Delivery Act made it possible for Iowa farmers to send and receive mail daily
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Automobiles become widely used in state making transportation easier for many Iowans
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The Iowa Farm Bureau, an organization to support farmers and farming in Iowa was formed.
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Pioneer international first marked hybrid seed corn which greatly icreesed corn yields per in Iowa
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Iowa native Herbert Hover was elected as president of the United States
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Death of five Iowa brothers was the greatest casualty disaster for one family in World war 2
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Iowan Joun Mott of Nobel Prize for his work with the international YMCA
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the national farmer organize was founded and helped Iowa farmers got fair prices for their commodious
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Iowan Norman Borlaug wins a Nobel Prize for his work in agriculture
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the Iowa Caucuses begin and have a significant effect on choosing presidential candidates
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Terry Branstad becomes governor of Iowa, the first of five terms he has served so far.
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Ted Waitt founds Gateway Computers in his grandmothers Iowa farmhouse
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Flooding in 1993 caused more than 2 billion dollars in damage.
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Iowa adopts a new state slogan, "Fields of Opportunity".
