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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 planted in what is now the state of Iowa
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United States buys large areas of land west of the Mississippi, including what is now iowa
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Iowa becomes part of the U.S.
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Moves from Iowa City to Des Moines
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The first railroad through Iowa is completed
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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 the state making transformation easier for iowans
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the iowa farm bureau and organization to support farmers and farming in iowa was formed
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pioneer international first marketed hybrid seed corn which greatly increased corn yields per acre in iowa
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Iowa native Herbert Hoover was elected as president of the United States
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death of these five iowa brothers was the greatest casually disaster for one family in WWII
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Iowan John Mott of Postville wins a Nobel Prize for his work with the international YMCA
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The National Farmers Organization was founded and helped Iowa Farmers get fair prices for their commodities
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Iowas Norman Borlaug wins a Nobel Prize for working in agriculture
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The Iowa caucuses begin and have a significant effect on choosing presidential canidates
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Terry Branstad becomes governor of Iowa, the first of 5 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"
