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<p> One of the United States, on the right bank of the [[Mississippi]] River, with [[Minnesota]] to the N. and [[Missouri]] to the S., and the Missouri | <p> One of the United States, on the right bank of the [[Mississippi]] River, with [[Minnesota]] to the N. and [[Missouri]] to the S., and the Missouri River on its western border; is well watered, very fertile, and, though liable to extremes of temperature, very healthy; agriculture flourishes, the country being an undulating plain and most of the soil being arable; cereals and root crops are raised, cattle fed; there are poultry and dairy farms; coal, gypsum, and lead are mined; manufactures include mill products, canned meats, and agricultural implements; general education in the State is advanced, State policy in this respect being liberal; [[Iowa]] was admitted to the Union, 1846; Des Moines is the capital; Iowa is the seat of the State University and of some flour-mills and factories. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:51, 12 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
One of the United States, on the right bank of the Mississippi River, with Minnesota to the N. and Missouri to the S., and the Missouri River on its western border; is well watered, very fertile, and, though liable to extremes of temperature, very healthy; agriculture flourishes, the country being an undulating plain and most of the soil being arable; cereals and root crops are raised, cattle fed; there are poultry and dairy farms; coal, gypsum, and lead are mined; manufactures include mill products, canned meats, and agricultural implements; general education in the State is advanced, State policy in this respect being liberal; Iowa was admitted to the Union, 1846; Des Moines is the capital; Iowa is the seat of the State University and of some flour-mills and factories.
