Iowa

Entered State Hood

December 28, 1846

Capital

Des Moines

Famous People

William Buffalo Bill Cody scout
Gardner Cowles Jr. publisher
Lee DeForest inventor
Simon Estes bass-baritone
William Frawley actor
George H. Gallup poll taker
Susan Glaspell writer
Herbert Hoover U.S. president

President

Herbert Hoover

State Bird

Eastern Goldfinch

State Tree

Northern Red Oak

State Flower

Wild Prairie Rose

State Nickname

Hawkeye State

State Motto

Our liberties we prize and
our rights we will maintain