Monday, March 8, 2010

Did You Know?

IOWA has more than corn...


1. Iowa is the only state name that starts with two vowels.

2.The famous actor John Wayne was born in Winterset, IA on May 26, 1907.

3.Iowa State University is the oldest land grant college in the U.S.A.

4. Campers and motor homes are manufactured in Winnebago County, IA. They're called Winnebago's.

5.Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are 100% formed by water.
Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

6.Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids, IA is the largest cereal company in the world.

7.Strawberry Point, IA, is the home of the world's largest strawberry.

8. Buffalo Bill, Black Hawk, George Horace Gallup - inventor of Gallup Poll, Herbert Hoover, Ashton Kutcher, Shawn Johnson, Ann Landers, Johnny Carson and Andy Williams are just a few of the famous people born in Iowa.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I did not know all those things about IOWA. Good thing I tuned in!