Other things to visit while in Iowa include the Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, where visitors learn about the important role the River had in the development of the country. The Kate Shelley High Bridge across the Des Moines River is America’s highest and longest double-rail trestle bridge.

Snake Alley, the most crooked street in the world, is a perfect partner for the Fenelon Elevator, the steepest, shortest train line in the world. Luckily though Iowa packs an awful lot into the remaining 10%, including some quite remarkable engineering achievements. And not because of Colonel Hawk Eye Pearce, the surgeon from MASH, who it turns out never actually lived in Iowa (or anywhere because he was a fictional character), but instead the name refers to Black Hawk, leader of the Native American Sauk tribe, which was relocated to Iowa after fighting with settlers.Īll that to one side, though, 90% of the land in Iowa is indeed used for agriculture.

Luckily for all the people of Iowa, the official nickname for Iowa is The Hawk Eye State. With 90% of their land used for agriculture, there was a chance Iowa would choose the Nickname the Corn State.

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