The state of Iowa; something of its history, its institutions, its resources and natural advantages . The State of Iowa Descriptive andHistorical. nHE state of Iowa iswashed on its easternborder by the Mississip-pi river and on its western bythe Missouri; on the north it isbounded by the state of Min-nesota and on the south by thestate of Missouri; it is nearlyrectangular in form and contains55,475 square miles of surfaceor 35,504,000 acres. Its highestpoint is in the vicinity of SpiritLake and its lowest at themouth of the Des Moines distance between thesepoints is about 300 miles a
The state of Iowa; something of its history, its institutions, its resources and natural advantages . The State of Iowa Descriptive andHistorical. nHE state of Iowa iswashed on its easternborder by the Mississip-pi river and on its western bythe Missouri; on the north it isbounded by the state of Min-nesota and on the south by thestate of Missouri; it is nearlyrectangular in form and contains55,475 square miles of surfaceor 35,504,000 acres. Its highestpoint is in the vicinity of SpiritLake and its lowest at themouth of the Des Moines distance between thesepoints is about 300 miles andthe difference in altitude 1,200feet, making an average slopeof four feet to the mile. Theslope from the northeast cor-ner of the state to the southeastis one foot and one inch permile; from the northwest cor-ner to the southwest corner^two feet per mile; from thenortheast corner to Spirit Lake,five feet and five inches per mile; from the northwest corner to Spirit Lake, five feet per mile Thesefigures give an idea of the general lay of the land. While largely a prairie state, its surface is cr
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