Iowa

Capitol: Des Moines


Became the 29th state
to enter the union on
Dec. 28, 1846


State flower: wild rose

State bird: eastern goldfinch

State song: "Song of Iowa"

State tree: oak

State motto: "Our liberties we prize and our rights
we will maintain"


Nickname: "Hawkeye state"


Size in land area: 55,869 square miles

Iowa City Guides

Hotels

• Ames
• Cedar Falls 
• Clear Lake 
• Council Bluffs 
• Davenport 
• Denison 
• Des Moines 
• Dubuque 
• Iowa City 
• Mason City 
• Newton 
• Sioux City 
• Waterloo 

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