12270

# A bronze life-sized sculpture of a Norwegian immigrant family (circa 1860) is located on a six acre restored prairie site located at the east entry to Lake Mills on Highway 105.

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12271

# Iowa's only operating antique carousel is located in the city of Story City.

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12272

# Knoxville's National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum is the only museum in the country dedicated to preserving the history of sprint car racing.

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12273

# Iowa's only fire tower is situated in Yellow River State Forest.

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12274

# Sabula is Iowa's only town on an island. (I have no idea where this is at )

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12275

# Herbert Hoover, a West Branch native, was the 31st president of the United States and the first one born west of the Mississippi.

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12276

# Mamie Doud Eisenhower's birthplace is located in Boone and includes a restored frame house, complete with summer kitchen and original furniture from the family.

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12277

# Van Meter is the hometown of baseball's Bob Feller, an Iowa farm boy who went on to greatness with the Cleveland Indians during the Golden Age of baseball.

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12278

# Born Donnabelle Mullenger in Denison, Oscar Award-winning actress, Donna Reed, started her career at the young age of 16.

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12279

# Born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, John Wayne was the son of a pharmacist and grew up to become one of Hollywood's most popular movie stars.

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12280

# Meredith Willson, who played with the famous John Philip Sousa and the New York Philharmonic before launching his career as a famous composer and lyricist, is a Mason City native.

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12281

# Glenn Miller, noted trombonist and orchestra leader, was born in Clarinda located in Southwest Iowa

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12282

# The town of Fort Atkinson was the site of the only fort ever built by the U.S. government to protect one Indian tribe from another.

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12283

# Campers and motor homes are manufactured in Winnebago County. They're called Winnebago's.

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12284

# Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are 100% formed by water.
Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

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