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6.7.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radioized Children's Story Hour. As a reminder,
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raized reading service intended for people who are blind or
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have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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Today we will be reading from these books on states
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in the United States. Your reader today is Diane. We
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will continue with the book Oklahoma. It was published by
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bell Weather Media as a copyright year of twenty twenty two,
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and it was written by Colleen Sexton. Oklahoma facts nicknames
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the Sooner State, the Panhandle state, state model, labor Conquers
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all Things data, statehood November sixteenth, nineteen oh seven. Capital City,
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Oklahoma City. Other major cities Tulsa, Norman, Broken Arrow, Auton
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Edmund Area sixty eight thousand, eight hundred and ninety nine
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square miles. Oklahoma is the twentieth largest state. Oklahoma adopted
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its state flag in nineteen twenty five. The flag features
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an Osage warriors shield decorate with seven egle feathers. Small
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crosses on the shield represent goes to strive toward the
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olive branch and plains. Indian style peace pipe are symbols
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of peace between white people and Native Americans. The state
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name lies below the shield. The blue background stands for loyalty,
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Main exports, vehicles, cotton, froze and meat, aircraft engines and parts,
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machine parts, natural resources, oil, natural gas, coal, stone, clay, ie, dying, limestone,
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sand and gravel. State symbols state bird, scissor tail, blackcatcher,
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state animal, American bison, state flower, Oklahoma rose, state tree,
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Eastern red buds. Our next book is titled Nebraska and
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it was published by Bell Weather Media and it has
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a copyright year of twenty twenty two. The author is
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Rachel Grack. A family's ray to explore Scott's Bluff National
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Monument around them. Rocky bluffs rise from the wide open prairie.
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Prairie grasses dance and bow in the breeze. The wind
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brings some relief from the hot summer sun. Under the
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big blue sky, the family sets off down a dusty trail.
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The trail takes a family to a covered wagon. More
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than one hundred and fifty years ago, horse strong wagons
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like this one transported people through the area on the
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Oregon Trail. Another trail takes family high above the prairie.
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They take in the view of the North Plate River below.
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Welcome to Nebraska. Nebraska is in the Great Plains region
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of the Midwest. Is the sixteenth largest state, covering seventy
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seven three hundred and forty eighth square miles. Wyoming is
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to the west south Dakota System. Along the northern border.
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The Missouri River creates the eastern border with Iowa and Missouri.
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Kansas lies to the south. Colorado cuts into the southwestern corner,
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creating Nebraska's panhandle. Most of Nebraska's major cities are in
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the east. Lincoln, the state capital, lies in the southeastern corner. Omaha,
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the largest city, is along the Missouri River. Grand Island
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is on the Plate River in central Nebraska. People first
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came to Nebraska more than ten thousand years ago. Many
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Native American tribes formed villages of Omaha, Ougo, Pawnee, and Ponka.
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People farmed eastern and central Nebraska. The Sioux Cheyenne, Abrajo,
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and Comenche tribes hunted bison in the west. In eighteen
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o three, the United States brought Nebraska bought Nebraska from
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France and the Louisiana Purchase. Starting the eighteen thirties, thousands
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of people began traveling west through Nebraska on the Oregon Trail.
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In eighteen sixty three, settlers rushed to claim freeland in
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Nebraska offered by the government. Four years later, Nebraska became
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the thirty seventh state. By the eighteen eighties, few of
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Nebraska's Native Americans lived on their original land. Eastern Nebraska
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is mainly rolling, hilly prairie. In the west, the hills
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flattened of the treeless fields of the Great Plains. The
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Rocupine Ridge area cause across the northwestern corner of the state.
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The northwest is also home to the sand Hills. This
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area of hills and grasslands spread into north central Nebraska.
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Nebraska's most important river, the Plate, winds through southern Nebraska.
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Nebraska experiences all four seasons. In the east, winters bring
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heavy snowfall and cold winds. Western Nebraska is more dry.
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Summers are hot throughout the state. Thunderstorms often bring tornadoes
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across Nebraska's prairies. Coyotes slink through tall grasses they hunt
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jack rabbits and kangaroo rats. Prairie dogs poke their heads
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out of their underground homes. Prairie chickens race along the ground,
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and mettle larks soar through the sky along streams. Ducks,
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geese pheasants and wild turkeys fine nesting spots prone horn
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rome Nebraska's grassy sandhills in search of food. Elk wander
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the state's rocky slopes. Mountain lions crouch on cliffs above them,
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ready to pounce. They also stalk deer, foxes and raccoons
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in the brush. Rattlesnakes shake their tails to scare away
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passing enemies. Nebraska has a population of around two million people.
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About seven out of ten Nebraskans live in cities. Most
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live in Omaha and Lincoln. Some Native Americans live on
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reservations in north eastern and southeastern Nebraska. Nebraska's early settlers
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were mostly German. Today residents have many different backgrounds. Most
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Nebraskans have European roots. Around one in ten Nebraska is Hispanic.
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Smaller numbers are African American or Black Asian Americans are
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Native American. Many immigrants are moving to Nebraska too. Comers
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are from Mexico, Guatemala, India, Burma, and Vietnam. A famous
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Nebraskan is Clayton Anderson born February twenty third, nineteen fifty
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nine in Ashland, Nebraska. He is famous for being a
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former NASA astronaut who spent one hundred and sixty seven
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days in space and participated in six spacewalks that lasted
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a total of more than thirty eight hours. Lincoln is
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Nebraska's capital city. It was founded as Lancaster in eighteen
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fifty six. People settled there to mine salt. In eighteen
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sixty seven, the city was renamed to Lincoln and chosen
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as a state capital. Lincoln soon became a railroad center.
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By the eighteen nineties, nineteen different rail routes crisscross the city. Today,
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Lincoln is the second largest city in Nebraska. Many people
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work and go to school at the University of Nebraska.
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Lincoln is full of culture activities too. People view art
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from around the world at the Sheldon Museum of Arts.
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They stroll through colorful flowers at the Sunken Garden, or
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visit animals at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. Since Nebraska's early days,
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farming has been the state's most important industry. Today, corn
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is top crop. Farmers also grow alfalfa, hay, and beans.
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Livestock farmers raise cattle, hogs, and chickens. Most of the
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state is farmland. Most Nebraskans hold service shops many work
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in schools or stores. Insurance is a major industry in Omaha.
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Other Nebraskan's work in manufacturing. The state's top products are
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processed foods, machinery, chemicals, metals, and transportation equipment. Natural resources
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are also important. Nebraska's most important resources are petroleum, sand, gravel,
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and limestone invented in Nebraska. Locking fires invented with a
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patent in nineteen twenty four by William Peterson. Arbor Day
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invented eighteen seventy two by Julius Stirling Morton. Kool aid
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invented in nineteen twenty seven by Edwin Perkins, Frozen TV dinners,
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and then in nineteen fifty three by Swanson Nebraska's Love
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popcorn balls. These treats are made of popcorn stuck together
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with sugar syrup. Reuben sandwiches were invented by a chef
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in Omaha. They are made with corned beef, Swiss cheese,
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and dressing on rye bread. Runza's bread pockets stuffed with
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beef and sauerkraut are also popular. They were brought to
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Nebraska by German Russian immigrants. Several kinds of ice cream
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were invented in Nebraska, butter brickles made with toffee pieces.
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In ice cream Sundays Beginning Nebraska, too, ice cream is
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covered with chocolate and peanuts. In Potter, Nebraska, they also
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include marshmallow cream and chocolate ice cream. Nebraska's most popular
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sport is college football. People love cheering for the University
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of Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Omaha Storm Chasers baseball team plays
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in the monor Leagues. Rodeo is another popular sport. Many
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Nebraskans enjoy art. The Jostin Art Museum attracts people to
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its galleries and sculpture gardens. Theater and music performances are
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also common. Some of Nebraska's biggest cities have public art displays.
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They are known for life size statues in huge outdoor paintings.
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People also enjoy hoking Nebraska's parks and fishing or boating
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in its lakes. Each July, Nebraska celebrate Oregon Trail Days
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and gearing. This festiv honors those who cross the state
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by covered wagon in eighteen hundreds. The Big Rodeo in
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Burwell is another popular July event. Nebraska's gather to watch
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bull riding, steer wrestling, and barrel racing. Meny. Nebraska festivals
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celebrate the state's many cultures. July brings the Winnebago Homecoming
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pow Wow and celebration. People enjoy traditional Winnebago music and dancing.
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In August, the Jets Days Festival celebrates the heritage with food, dancing,
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and crafts. There's a lot to celebrate in Nebraska. Nebraska
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timeline eighteen o three. The United States Vice President Day
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Nebraska from France. In the Louisiana Purchase eighteen oh four,
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Lewis and Clark ex floor Nebraska eighteen sixty three. Thousands
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of settlers arrive in Nebraska to claim land under the
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Homestead Act. Eighteen sixty seven. Nebraska becomes the thirty seventh
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state and Lincoln is chosen as the capital. Nineteen thirties.
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Severe drought leads part of Nebraska to become part of
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the Dust Bow. Nineteen thirty six, Construction begins on Kinsley
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Dam near Agawala, forming the Lake mcconai Reservoir. Nineteen eighty six.
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Nebraska elects Kaoor as its first female governor. Twenty eleven,
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the Missouri River floods eastern Nebraska. Twenty nineteen, a heavy
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blizzard leads to costly flooding across western Nebraska. Nebraska facts
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nickname the Cornhusker state model, equality before the law, state
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of statehood, Date of statehood March first, eighteen sixty seven.
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Capital City of Lincoln. Other major cities Omaha, Bellevue, Grand Island.
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Area seventy seven three hundred and forty eight square miles.
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Nebraska is the sixteenth largest state. Nebraska's flag is a
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dark blue and the center is a gold and silver seal.
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Around the top the sill says Great Seal of the
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State of Nebraska. The bottom of the sill shows Nebraska's
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state of statehood in the middle of blacksmith hammers and anvil.
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Behind him, a small cabin represents Nebraska's early settlers and farming.
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Near the cabin, a steamboat shows the importance of the
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Missouri River and the background. A train speeds across the
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track in front of a mountain range. Above the scene
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is a banner with Nebraska's state motto. Main exports are medicine, beef, corn, pork, machinery.
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Natural resources are petroleum, sand, gravel, clay, limestone. State the
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state bird is the Western meadow lark. State animal, white
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tailed deer. State flower giant golden rod state tree Eastern Cottonwood.
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Our next book is called Iowa and it was published
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by bell Weather Media. It has copied right ear of
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twenty twenty two. The author is Nathan Summer. The family
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travels through the Midwest. The first top is Iowa. In
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Iowa is West Bend Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption.
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This giant stone shrine to marry the Mother of Jesus
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looks out of place next to the cornfields around it.
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The grotto is built for materials such as petrified wood, quartz,
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and purple amethysts. The family looks in wonder as thanks
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for the gem filled hallways. Many of the rock formations
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show scenes from the life of Jesus Christ. The journey
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ends at the Christmas Chapel. This colorful ruin features rocks
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from almost every country. Iowa is full of fun surprises.
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Iowa systs in the center of the Midwestern United States.
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Minnesota borders Iowa to the north. Wisconsin Illinois lie to
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the east across the Mississippi River. Missouri sits to Iowa.
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South Nebraska shares Iowa's western edge along the Missouri River.
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South Dakota completes the western border, des Moines, the capital city,
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is located in south central Iowa. The city is named
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after the river that flows through it. At fifty six thousand,
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two seventy three square miles, Iowa's the twenty sixth largest state,
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is nicknamed the Hawkeye State. Early Native Americans came to
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Iowa fourteen thousand years ago. They hunted large maymoths in
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Bison Mill Creek, and the Nato people arrived. Over time,
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they began using farming and fishing to survive. Friendship's Floorsts
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were the first Europeans in Iowa, arriving in sixteen seventy three.
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They traded fur with the Indian groups in the seventeen hundreds.
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They also worked with them to mine lead. The United
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States but Iowa through the Louisiana purchased in eighteen o three.
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Early settlers soon arrived to farm the state's rich soil.
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Iowa became the twenty ninth state on December twenty eighth,
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eighteen forty six. Iowa's mostly plains. Much of the state
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is used for farmland, especially in flat northern and central Iowa.
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Lakes also dot the land. There. Large steep hills and
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cliffs cover northeastern Iowa's driftless area. The south is filled
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with rolling hills and grasslands. Most of the state's streams
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and rivers empty in to the Mississippi River in the east.
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Iowa experiences all four seasons, having rainfall paired with melting
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snow creeds heavy floods in the spring. The state's flatlands
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often face tornadoes during the hot summer months. Some tornadoes
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are strong enough to throw cars. Iowa has few homes
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for animals today. Farms and cities took over much of
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the tall grass prairie that once covered the state, but deer,
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possums and raccoons still make homes in Iowa. They protect
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their young from hungry coadies and bobcats. Iowa's also home
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to hundreds of birds. Goldfinches visit feeders and backyards. Renecked
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pheasants eat insects, seeds, and crops in the state's farmland.
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Pear green falcons die for prey from great heights during
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Iowa winters. Bought eagles fly near legs and rivers. Ospreys
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plug fasts and trout out of the water. Iowa was
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home to more than three point one million people who
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were half lived in or near sea. The Des Moines
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area is home to nearly seven hundred thousand people. In general,
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Iowa's population is growing older. Many younger Iowans lived near
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universities in Ames. In Iowa City, about nine out of
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every ten Iowans are white. Most of them have German, British,
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and Dutch backgrounds. A growing number of Hispanic Americans are
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moving to Iowa. Most have Mexican backgrounds. Small numbers of
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Asian Americans and African or Black Americans also continue to grow.
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Very few Native Americans remain in Iowa. Famous Iowan is
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Harrison Barnes born May thirtieth, nineteen ninety two in Ames, Iowa.
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It's famous for basketball Ford in the NBA, who played
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with the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, and Sacramento Kings,
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and won an NBA Championship with the Warriors. Des Moines
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was first built as a four in eighteen forty three
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to protect the Indian people, but white settlers forced these
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groups to leave in eighteen forty five. Des Moines became
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Iowas kept in eighteen fifty seven. The city grew quickly
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after co was discovered nearby in the early nineteen hundreds.
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Cheap living in educated population make Des Moines a top
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city for business. Art lovers enjoy the Des Moines Art
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Center and Papa John Sculpture Park. Downtown. The Principal River
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Walk connects Iowans to more than eighty miles of walking
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and bike trails. Farming has always been important to Iowa's economy.
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Rich soil makes it a perfect place to grow many crops.
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The state is a leader in corn, soyving, and livestock production.
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Wind energy is a growing power source and job creator.
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Nearly half of Iowa's electricity comes from wind. Most Iowans
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today have service jobs. Many work for banks and insurance companies.
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Des Moines is considered a world leader in insurance. Is
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also a growing center for technology. Facebook and Microsoft have
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built data centers nearby. Things vented in Iowa the bread slicer,
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invented in nineteen twenty eight by Otto Frederick Rawwater, ice
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cream bars invent in nineteen twenty two by Christian Nelson.
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The trampoline invented in the nineteen thirties by George Nissen
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and Lari Griswold. The butterfly stroke invented in nineteen thirty
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four by David Armbruster. Iowans love their local food so
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much farmland they have many options. Bread and pork tenderloins
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are a favorite at many restaurants. These are eaten solo
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or as a sandwich. Loose meat sandwiches also frequent menus.
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Iowans know these as made rights. Many say Iowa's sweet
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corn is the best in the world. It is hard
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to manage a summer festival or fair without the state's
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famous corner or on the cop morale. Mushroom hunting is
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popular in Iowa's woodlands. Iowan's cook these with butter or
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enjoy them deep fried. Iowans get outside in all four seasons.
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In fall, many people hunt white tailed deer in the
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state's grasslands. Winter brings ice fishers to Big Crete State Park.
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In warmer months of Iowans often hike in state parks.
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They travel through caves, tall grass, prairies, and woodlands. College
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football rules Iowa in the fall. Iowans love to watch
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the University of Iowa and Iowa State teams face off
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each year. Many Iowans also take in fall colors along
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the Des Moines River or visit the Des Moines Botanical Garden.
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The Iowa State Fair in August is Iowa's largest party.
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More than one million people tend to go on rides
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and see award winning livestock. The fair also features more
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than eighty foods on a stick. Many Iowa Iowans celebrate
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their German heritage at Mayfest. Each May, thousands visit the
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Amana colonies for the Mayfest parade and traditional German dances.
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Iowa is the first state to caucus in each presidential election.
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This means Iowans have the first Satan to sit in
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the next president Iowans are proud of their Midwestern roots.
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They celebrate the hard work that keeps their state going.
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Iowa Timeline. Sixteen seventy three French explorers Lewis Jullette and
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Joacques Marquette explore what is now Iowa, and France soon
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claims ownership eighteen o three the United States by Iowa
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as part of Louisiana purchase eighteen twenty Missouri for mise
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insures Iowa will be non slave state. Eighteen forty three
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Fort des Moines is built to protect the Native Americans,
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but the groups are later forced out of Iowa. Eighteen
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forty six, Iowa becomes the twenty ninth state eighteen fifty four.
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The first Iowa state farris held nineteen seventeen. Fort des
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Moines becomes the first training center for Black troops during
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World War One. Nineteen twenty two, May Francis becomes the
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first woman to be elected to a statewide leadership position
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in Iowa. Nineteen ninety three, major flooding causes billions of
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dollars in damage throughout the state. Twenty twenty, Iowa's hit
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hard with strong winds, thunderstorms, and tornadoes, an event called
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the August Midwest Derristio. Iowa facts nicknames the hawk Eyed
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State Corn state motto our liberties we prize and our
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rights we will maintain. Data statehood December twenty eighth, eighteen
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forty six, Capital City Des Moines. Other major cities, sever Rapids, Davenport,
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Sioux City. Iowa City ames area fifty six and seventy
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three square miles, and it is the twenty sixth largest state.
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The Iowa flag has three vertical stripes of red, white,
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and blue. The blue stands for justice, the white represents purity,
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and the red stands for courage. In the middle is
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a bald eagle carrying the state's motto. Main exports are soybeans, corn, pork, machinery.
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Natural resources are soil, coal, limestone. State symbols. State bird
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is American gold finch, state rock is the geod, state
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flowers or wild prairie ros and the state tree is
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an oak. This concludes this children's story era for today.
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