Transcript I is for Iowa State University

John V. Atanasoff and
his partner Clifford
Berry teamed up to help
make a digital
electronic. They wanted
to make this electronic
to do long and hard
mathematics.
Black Hawk was a war chief
and led his tribe, Sauk, into
war. Black Hawk was very
young when he became a
brave. He went to prison for
fighting for land in Iowa
because he refused to give
up without a fight.
Corn is one of
Iowa’s main
crops along with
beans and pork.
One nickname
for corn is maize.
Des Moines is the
capital of Iowa and the
most populous city in
Iowa. It was named
after the Des Moines
River. Des Moines is
the best place to raise
a family in Iowa. The
population of Des
Moines is 203,433
according to the 2010
census.
Effigy Mounds Park is in
Northeast Iowa. Long ago
Indian tribes piled huge
mounds of dirt in the shape
of snakes, bears, buffalo,
and birds. When people in
the tribe died they would
bury them in the mounds.
Sergeant Charles Floyd is
the only one that died
during the Lewis and Clark
expedition. During the
expedition Floyd became
very sick with “bilous
cholic” He died around 2:00
on Monday, August 20, 1804.
William Clark held the
funeral service and noted
in his journal “ We buried
him on top of the bluff
below a river and gave it
his name.” It is now called
the Floyd Monument.
Gypsum is a mineral. It is
made of layers that were
formed in salt water
millions of years ago.
Gypsum is one of Iowa’s
most valuable mineral
resource. It can be found
around Fort dodge, Iowa.
Herbert Hoover was the
31st president of the
United States. He was
born on August10,1874 in
West Branch, Iowa. His
father died when he was
6, then his mom died
three years later. He
went to live with relatives
with his two siblings.
Iowa State University is a
college in Ames, Iowa,
established on March 22
,1858. The first building
on the Iowa State
campus was made in
1861, called the Farm
House. They are called
the Iowa State Cyclones.
Thomas Jefferson was
the third president of
the united states and
the author of the
Declaration of
independence. During
his two terms in office
the U. S. bought the
Louisiana territory and
Lewis and Clark got to
explore the new land.
Keokuk was a chief of the
Sauk. He was a nonviolent
person, unlike another Sauk
chief, Black Hawk. Keokuk
had lived in Saukenauk until
Indian Commissioner William
Clark signed a treaty which
was 26-million acres of Sauk
land east of the Mississippi
River owned by the U.S.
Government.
In May, 1804, Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark set out on an
expedition across the Louisiana
Territory. The expedition was 8,000
miles and took 2 years, 4 months,
and 10 days. Today there is a Lewis
and Clark monument in Council
Bluffs, to honor them, because they
traveled through Council Bluffs.
The Missouri River is a major river
in central America. It is a
tributary to the Mississippi River.
The Missouri River is the longest
river on the continent and is more
than 2,540 miles. It covers most
of the western border of Iowa.
Norman Ernest Borlaug was an
American agronomist, humanitarian,
and Nobel laureate and was called
“the Father of the Green Revolution.”
He was born in Cresco, Iowa to Clara
and Henry Borlaug. After finishing
primary and secondary education in
Cresco, he enrolled at the University
of Minnesota.
The Oak Tree is
Iowa’s state tree
since 1961. It was
chosen because it
provides food,
shelter, and
nesting for birds
and other kids of
animals that live in
Iowa.
Pioneers were the first
people to settle in North
America. Pioneer women
usually cleaned and
sewed clothes. The men
butchered cows and pigs.
They also did all the
outside work. The
children picked veggies
from the garden and
played in the woods.
Quaker Oats is a farm
related company
started in the1870s.
Oats were taken to
Cedar Rapids to be
made into oatmeal.
Now a days the
Quaker Oats Company
is one of the largest
oats buyers in the
world.
Ragbrai is a long bike
ride across Iowa started
in 1972. it stands for “
Register’s annual great
bike ride across Iowa”.
When They start riding
they dip their back
wheel in the Missouri
river and when they
finish they dip their
front wheel in the
Mississippi River.
The Spirit Lake Massacre was an attack
by a Wahpetuke group of Santee Sioux
across Iowa settlements in a long cold
winter. The Sioux killed 35-40
settlers in their holdings. The youngest
captive, Abbie Gardner was kept until
being ransomed the next summer.
Iowa was the 29th state to
join the union. On
December 28, 1846,
President James K. Polk
signed a bill to allow Iowa
to join the United States.
The Underground
Railroad was a group of
people who helped slaves
escape to the north. They
moved hundreds of slave
to the north each year.
Harriet Tubman was a
worker for the
Underground Railroad.
She made 13 trips to the
south helping to free over
70 people.
The Viesha is a celebration held at
Iowa State University each spring.
It is one of ISU’s oldest traditions. It
shows the Iowa State community
with a variety of educational events.
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
was born in Monmouth,
Illinois. He had an older
brother named Newton
and a half-sister named
Mariah Ann. In March
1849, the Earps left
Illinois for California but
settled in Iowa. Their
farm was just northeast
of Pella, Iowa.
Saint Francis Xavier
Basilica is a church in
Dyersville, Iowa.
Dyersville was settled by
English immigrants. The
English moved on after a
few years and then the
German immigrants began
to arrive. The church can
seat 1,200 people, but
there are 5,000 people in
the church. It is the only
basilica in the U.S.
outside a major city.
Young was born on June
1,1801 in Whitingham,
Vermont. He was the great
Mormon leader. Mormons
were a part of the Latter-Day
Saints. The Mormons
traveled across the Midwest
all the way to the Salt Lake
Valley. When they reached the
Missouri River, they made a
camp and built Kanesville,
which later became Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
The Blank Park Zoo is located
in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1963,
Mr. A. H. Blank donated
$150,000 to do construction.
The next 16 years the city
failed to make improvements
to the zoo. At the end of 1982
the zoo finally closed for
renovations. The Blank Park
Zoo reopened on May 17,
1986. The zoo was named
after Mr. A. H. Blank because
he donated the money to build
it.