Iowa
- Vicinity: Midwest
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1913/10/31 | A meeting will be held in every town along the Transcontinental Highway in Iowa on the night of October 31st to ratify the selection of it as the Lincoln Highway across the state. | Creation of the Lincoln Highway | ||||
| 2016/01/31 | Barack Obama | US President | Sarah Root of Council Bluffs, is killed in Omaha, by drunk driver Edwin Mejia. Mejia, an illegal immigrant, will post bond and escape. Citing Obama administration guidelines, ICE declined to apprehend Mejia despite a history of skipping court dates. |
| Particulars for Iowa: | |
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| Locale Type | US State |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Kiss Before Dying (book) | Novel | Ira Levin | He finally chose Stoddard University (fictional) in Blue River, Iowa, which was supposed to be something of a country club for the children of the Midwestern Wealthy. | |
| Boy Life on the Prairie (book) | Novel |
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Hamlin Garland | One afternoon in the autumn of 1868 Duncan Steward, leading his little fleet of prairie schooners, entered upon The Big Prairie of northern Iowa, and pushed resolutely on into the west. |
| The Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland (book) | History Book |
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On a moonlit night in December 1900, a prosperous Iowa farmer was murdered in his bed. |
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