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Iowa becomes the 29th state in the U.S..
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The first railroad was stretched across Iowa in 1854.
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Iowa enacts a law requiring that all children be given a free education.
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At this time Eurpean settlers are allowed to settle in what is now Iowa.
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May Francis became the first woman elected to statewide office in Iowa.
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Iowan Norman Borlaug wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to combat world hunger.
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Many Iowa farms are failing. It was a hard time for all the famers that could not pay their loans and had to go out of businuess.
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In 2002 Iowa makes English the official lanuage.
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A great flood devastates Iowa. The damage was so bad it cost at least 64 billon dollars to repair all the damage.
