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Iowa Connections -- Facts and Trivia
More than 4,700 farms in Iowa have sheep operations with an average of
53 sheep on each farm. Iowa ranks second in the nation in numbers
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To learn more about frogs in Iowa --
Northern Cricket Frog, Cope's Gray Treefrog, Eastern Gray Treefrog,
Spring Peeper, Western Chorus Frog, Crawfish Frog, Plains Leopard Frog,
Northern Leopard Frog, Southern Leopard Frog, Pickerel Frog, Bullfrog,
and the Green Frog go to the Herpetology of Iowa www site at
<www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetology/amphibians.html>.
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| This red frog lives in South America -- The only red frog you will find in Iowa is Al's Red Frog
an establishment located at 88 16th Ave SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, in
the heart of Czech town. Enjoy their informal fare (including
"frog burgers") or go next door to Zindrick's Czech Restaurant for more
traditional menu items. The Czech Town section is a historic area
that was home to many Czech immigrants. To learn more about that
immigration check out this site.
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Euchre
has been a popular card game in Iowa since the early 1900s. In
the years following the two World Wars farmers who, in the winter, had
some discretionary time and soliders back from the war often gathered
in a small town grocery store, filling station or local bar -- any
place that would hold a table and four chairs. There the men wile
away the afternoon and solved the world 's problems.
A variation of Bid Euchre, called Pepper is a popular variation played
in Iowa. Learn to play Pepper at < http://www.pagat.com/euchre/pepper.html>.
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| Dragonflies:
The Iowa Wetlands are home to many plans and animals. Turtles
hunt below the water's surface. Insects (e.g. damselflies,
dragonflies, mayflies, and mosquitoes), frogs, toads, and oher
amphibians are found in wetlands. The leaves of a large floating
leaved plants, such as the waterlily, provide a resting place for
dragonflies and frogs.
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Iowa has more golf courses per capita than any other state in the USA.
Investigate golf courses in Iowa.
Or visit this site for links to Iowa golf courses and their descriptions.
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The Iowa State Cyclones play in the Jack Trice Stadium. Trice was ISU's first black student-athlete.
The University of Iowa's football stadium is named in honor of Nile Kinnick, the only Iowa player to win the Heisman Trophy (1939).
The stadium at the University of Northern Iowa
is simply called the UNI Dome has four entrances named for large
building fund donors: C. B. McDonald; John S. Latta, Sr.; T. Wayne
Davis; and the Radell Sisters, Henrietta and Neva.
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 More information about the stadiums on the Iowa Connections Football Fact card that accompanies the football fans gift package. |
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