Iowa History

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  1. 1. Iowa native whose presidency is synonymous with the Great Depression
  2. 3. Creator of the League of Women Voters
  3. 6. This Tarzan was raised in Davenport
  4. 9. Iowa's largest military base
  5. 10. These brothers from Poland started a general store in Keokuk in 1856
  6. 11. Gallery and Hot Glass Studio in Spencer
  7. 13. Unique high school girls basketball style of play that ended in 1994
  8. 14. Location of the first Iowa State Fair
  9. 15. Birth place of Grant Wood
  10. 22. Marion county known for its Dutch traditions
  11. 25. 1972 Olympic archery champion from Jefferson
  12. 28. Acronym for women's organization founded in Mount Pleasant
  13. 29. Five brothers from Waterloo who were killed in action during World War II
  14. 31. First Iowa soldier killed in World War I
  15. 34. Iowa's state rock
  16. 35. "Mr. Christmas" born in Wall Lake in 1927
  17. 37. WHO anchor born in Boone in 1912
  18. 38. No one played the game like this dynamic Hawkeye!
  19. 39. This town hosts the Iowa Aviation Museum
  20. 40. Hometown of baseball player Jack Dittmer
  21. 42. Marine sergeant in "Sands of Iwo Jima"
  22. 43. Name of ballroom where Buddy Holly played his final concert
  23. 45. This King of Swing disappeared in the English Channel in 1944
  24. 48. Templeton ___
  25. 49. Utopian society that settled in Adams County around 1854
  26. 50. The most populous county in Iowa
Down
  1. 2. Doctor who pioneered cataract surgery
  2. 4. Centerville is the county seat of this county
  3. 5. Opry preserving musical heritage in Anita
  4. 7. Greenfield native who was White House correspondent for "Time" and "Life"
  5. 8. County which is the location of the largest double-decker bridge in the world
  6. 12. "Rosa Parks of Iowa"
  7. 16. Father of the Green Revolution
  8. 17. 38th governor of Iowa
  9. 18. Walnut's wrestling legend
  10. 19. Boone girl who warned of a bridge out in 1881
  11. 20. Flame thrower from Van Meter
  12. 21. Iowa town known for hosting The National Balloon Classic
  13. 23. Iowa's "Mr. Country Music"
  14. 24. This town had Babe Ruth day in 1948
  15. 26. Iowa's first governor
  16. 27. "St. Joan" from Marshalltown
  17. 30. Last name of twins also known as Ann Landers and Dear Abby
  18. 32. Iowa town named after the first letter of each of its founding father's last names
  19. 33. He coached Drake to the Final Four in 1969
  20. 36. Decorah is in this county
  21. 41. Ice cream capital of the world
  22. 44. Pig given to Minnesota's governor after the Gophers beat the Hawkeyes
  23. 45. West Bend attraction often considered the Eight Wonder of the World
  24. 46. The ___ Mounds National Monument in Harper's Ferry
  25. 47. Oldest non-commercial radio station west of the Mississippi River