Emily Mace 5H. A is for Arrowhead Park 1. It is a park you can camp, go fishing, go boating, hiking, go to the playground. 2. It is located in Nelda,

Iowa’s ABC’s

Emily Mace 5H

A is for

Arrowhead Park

1. It is a park you can camp, go fishing, go boating, hiking, go to the playground.

2. It is located in Nelda, Iowa.

B is forButter cow

1. The butter cow starts with wood, metal, wire and steel mesh frame made of pure cream Iowa butter. 3.The butter cow is

always at the Iowa State Fair.

2.It is made out of butter. It is about 5-1/2-ft high and 8-ft long.

C is forcorn

1.Corn is Iowa’s greatest resource .

2.Corn is used to make lots of things like lube, gas, necklace and food.

D is forDoge House

1.The Doge House is a museum you can came and see. It is in Council Bluffs’ Iowa.

2.In 1869, Dodge built his house on 605 Third Street , it has fourteen-room and three-story high .

3.Gen .Grenville M. Dodge has been called “a famous rail road builder”.

E is forEastern Gold finch

1.The Eastern Gold finch is Iowa’s state bird and was adopted in 1933.

2.The Eastern Gold finch is commonly found in Iowa and stays all year round.

F is forField of dreams

1.In 1988, Hollywood built a baseball diamond for ghost players in an obscure Iowa cornfield.

2.It is located in Dyersville, Iowa

G is forgeode

1.The geode is Iowa’s state rock.

2.Iowa is known world wide because of the large number of rare geodes found in the state.

H is forHot Air Balloon

1.The first balloon flight was on January 9, 1793.

3.Modern hot air ballooning was born on October 22, 1960 when Paul E. Yost piloted the maiden flight of a balloon.

2.The National Balloon Museum is in Indianola, Iowa

I is forIowa State University

2.Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm was officially on March 22,1858, by legislature of the state of Iowa.

1.The formal of students began the following year , and the first graduating class of 1872 consisted of 24 men and two women.

J is forJulien Dubuque

1.The first European to settle in Iowa. He was born in Canada in 1762.

3.Julien is short whit black hair and black eyes.

2.He bought Spanish lead mine.

K is forKate Shelly bridge

1.Kate Shelly saved 200 people board. The children of Dubuque gave her a medal and the state of Iowa gave her an other one.

2.She was born September 25, 1865 and died January 21,1912

L is forLake Darling 2.Lake Darling State

Park was dedicated on September 17, 1950.

3.The park is named after Jay Norwood “ Ding” Darling.

1.Lake Darling State Park has a picnic shelter, camping cabins, campsites, modem restroom, playground equipment, several trails, and a beach with a concession stand. It also home to variety of fish

M is forMid America Center1.The Mid America

Center is located in Council Bluff, Iowa just five minutes from downtown Omaha, Nebraska. 2.The Mid America

Center is for ice hokey and arena football and many other things.

3.It opened on October 18,2002

N is forNeola1.Neola is a city in Pottawattamie County in the Omaha- Council Bluffs meyro area.

2.The word “ Neola” was given to the town by the Pottawattamie Indians.

O is foroak tree

1.The oak tree is Iowa’s state tree. 2.Iowa designated

the oak as the official state in 1961.

P is forPedestrian Bridge

1.The construction began in Fall 2006.

2.The bridge officially opened September 28, 2008- two months ahead of schedule!!!

3.It is found between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.

Q is forQuaker Oats factory [ Cedar Rapids ]

1.The Quaker Oats factory is located in Cedar Rapids

2.Quaker Oats was founded in 1877.

3.Quaker Oats make Old Fashioned oats, Instant oatmeal, chewy granola.

R is forRed Oak

1.Red Oak is a city located along the East Nishnobotna River.

2.Red Oak is located in Montgomery County, Iowa.

S is forSquirrel Cage Jail

1.It was built in 1885 and finished in 1888.

2.The building was used as a jail until 1969.

3.Now it is a museum.

T is forTrain Museum

2.The Union Pacific Railroad Museum is in Council Bluff, Iowa, houses one of the oldest corporate collections in the nation.

1.It includes artifacts, photographs, and documents.

U is forUnderwood

1.Underwood is located in Norwalk Township.

2.The first school was built in 1863 and soon more homes were built near the school and saw mill.

3.It became know as Downsville. A post office was established there.

V is forVillisca axe murder house

1.A weather- beaten sign hanging from the decrepit from porch warns rather than welcomes- It is the “ Murder House”.

2.The victims are Josiah B. Moore, Sarah Montgomery [Moore], Herman, Katherine, Boyd, Paul, Lena Stillinger and, Ina Stillinger

3.Almost 97 years ago 6 kids and 2 adults were murdered in their bed. And yet, the murders remained unsloved, the murder unpunished.

W is for

Wild Rose

1.The wild rose is Iowa’s state flower.

2.The Iowa Legislature designated the wild rose as the official state flower in 1897.

X is forXavier High School

1.Xavier High school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is sixth largest and only catholic high school in Cedar Rapids area. Established in 1998.

2.The school colors are navy blue and silver.

Y is forYucca plant

1.Its 40-50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword- shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers.

2.Many species of yucca also bear edible parts in cluding fruits, seeds, flower, flowering stems.

Z is for

zoo

1.Blank Park zoo is a zoo on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa near Fort Des Moines. 2.It officially opened

on May 8, 1966