Iowa ABC’s By Evan Eledge

A is for Adventure land 1.The construction of adventure land began in the spring of It opened Aug,1974.

B is for Black squirrel 1. The Japanese brought over the black squirrels when they built on the railroad tracks. 2. They are only in Iowa.

C is for corn 1. Iowas ethonal industry can produce more than 3.6 billion gallons of domestic. 2. Each barrel of domestic ethonal 1.2 barrels of imported petroleum.

D is for deer 1. When running a deer takes long stride that the tracks are spaced 25 feet apart. 2. Deer are quick and skillful swimmers.

E is for eastern gold finch 1. The eastern gold finch stays year round. 2. The eastern gold finch is Iowa’s state bird and was adopted in 1933.

F is for fort Madison 1. Fort Madison was built in Fort Madison is a city today.

G is for gypsum 1. On the scale of hardness it is a The streak of it is white.

H is for Hawkeyes In 1890 Iowa played it’s first home game on I Iowa field losing against Griennell, 14 – The stadium was named after Nile Kinnick.

I is for Iowa state 1. Iowa state is the oldest college to have the land given to them. 2. Iowa state has the largest mechanical engineering program.

J is for jack links 1. Jack links beef jerky is the leading meat snack brand on the north American market. 2. The founding of the family business goes back to 1885.

K is for Kate Shelly bridge 1. Kate Shelly bridge is 2,813 feet long and 190 feet long. 2. the tracks are 20 feet apart.

L is for Lewis and Clark monument 1. The expedition traveled over 8,000 total miles ; 2 years ; 4 months; 10 days. 2. This monument, north of big lake, honors the expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804 and their historic meeting with the Otoe and in Missouri Indians.

M is for Mississippi river 1. Mississippi river depth ranges from less than 3 feet in the headwaters. 2. Mississippi river is a fishing hot spot there is several kinds of fish.

N is for northern red oak 1.It is a large forest tree oak is important in making furniture, cabinets, and flooring. 2. The seed of an oak is the acorn, which can be planted again if the squirrels don’t eat them first.

O is for Ocheyedan mound The mound rises 170 feet the surrounding flood plain. 2. It is 1,665 above the sea level.

P is for popcorn ball 1. It took 35 volunteers 10 hours to build a 3,100 pound popcorn ball. 2. It is 22 feet and is in Sac city,Iowa.

Q is for quad cities 1. Quad cities has historical landmarks. 2. Quad cities is made into 4 cities and the cities are Bettendorf IA., Davenport IA., Moline Illinois, Rock Island Illinois.

R is for rag brai 1. Riders will dip their tires into the rock river in rock rapids to start the week long. 2. The ride takes a week and is 472 miles.

S is for snake alley 1. Snake alley was constructed in It is 275 feet long people have to walk down it.

T is for tornado alley 1. About 1,000 tornados hit the united states every year. 2. Iowa is in the tornado alley along with 15 other states.

U is for under ground railroad 1. There was 50,000 slaves escaped. 2. It was 2100 miles long.

V is for Villisca axe murders 1. Some theorize killer may have approached the Moore residence while attending a Sunday evening church services. 2. the murder is un figured to this day.

W is for wild rose 1. It was the official state flower in Wild roses grow in low to medium elevations.

X is for x games 1. It started in the year 1997 and still goes to this day. 2. Tony hawk landed the first 900 at the x games in 1999.

Y is for Bringham Young 1. He was born in the year of June 1, 1801 and died August 29, 1877 at the age of In his younger days he worked in various jobs.

Z is for blank park zoo 1. It opened in May 8, 1996 and is 22 acres. 2. It cost 150,000 for the construction of a children zoo.