Hawkeye State is the official name of Iowa, though it is also known as "the tall corn state." A state located in the Mid-western region of the United States of America, it was named after the Ioway people of the Siouan tribe of Native Americans, the original settlers of the locality. It is the 29th state of the Union having joined on December 28, 1848.
As a state it has its own emblem, the
State Flag of Iowa composed of three vertical stripes of blue, white and red, a reflection of the state's history having been a part of the French Louisiana Territory. The central white stripe is wider and the design is symmetrical, a design arrangement that classifies the
state flag as a Canadian pale.
An image of the bald eagle is placed at the center of the white stripe that carries a long ribbon with the inscription "our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain," a phrase taken from the state seal. While the word Iowa is placed directly in red, just below the image of the bald eagle. The official emblem was first approved in May 1917 based on the design of Mrs. Dixie Cornell Derhardt and was adopted in 1921.
The Mississippi river forms the eastern boundary and separates the state from Illinois and Wisconsin, while the west edge of the river borders Nebraska. On the northwest corner is the
Big Sioux River, and forms part of the north/south boundary of the state with South Dakota.
92% of the present heartland of Iowa is blessed with fine fertile soil and is devoted solely to corn and soybean production, of which it topped the nations demand for this staple grain.
by:
The Flagman
