Description: ÒIowa (Hawkeye State) Ð The first white settlement was made in 1788. Admitted to the Union in 1846. Area, 66,025 square miles. Population, 2,267,000. Ranks fourth in miles of railway, seventh in wealth, and twenty-fifth in square miles. Primarily an agricultural State. Wholesale slaughtering and meat packing is the most important industry. Factory manufacture of butter, cheese, and condensed milk ranks second in importance; flour and grist milling holds the third place. An industry peculiar to Iowa is the manufacture of pearl buttons. Salary of Governor, $3,000. &mdash Wark 1904
Source: Henry Wark, ed., Wark's Modern Educator (New York, NY: Henry Wark, 1904) 876
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