Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 (see statehood order) -
Iowa's state quarter features a schoolhouse, a teacher with students
planting a tree, and the captions "Foundation in Education" and "Grant Wood"
(native Iowan whose paintings depict the rural American Midwest)
- public domain image on Wikipedia - see all 50 state quarters
What does the name Iowa mean? Iowa comes from the Iowa River, named for the Iowa (or Ioway) Indians (a Sioux tribe).
Grant Wood's famous iconic painting: "American Gothic" (1930). Grant Wood (1891 – 1942) was born in Anamosa, Iowa.
(image believed to be in the public domain - from Wikipedia)
