Difference between revisions of "Iowa"

<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>