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Iowa State Name Origin:
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 (see statehood order) -
Iowa's state quarter features a schoolhouse, a teacher with students
planting a tree, and the captions "Foundation in Education" and "Grant Wood"
(native Iowan whose paintings depict the rural American Midwest)
- public domain image on Wikipedia - see all 50 state quarters
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What does the name Iowa mean? Iowa comes from the Iowa River, named for the Iowa (or Ioway) Indians (a Sioux tribe).
Grant Wood's famous iconic painting: "American Gothic" (1930)
(image believed to be in the public domain - from Wikipedia)
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