Talk:History of Iowa

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Section size for History of Iowa (46 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	3,089	3,089	311	311
Prehistory	1,769	1,769	230	230
Early Historic Native Americans	3,605	13,193	51	921
Ioway tribe	2,705	2,705	96	96
Sauk and Meskwaki tribes	2,503	2,503	258	258
Black Hawk War	1,997	1,997	279	279
Last cessions	944	944	126	126
Present day	1,439	1,439	111	111
Euro-American settlers	5,194	5,194	352	352
Iowa Territory	1,527	9,441	181	1,109
Slavery	2,989	2,989	349	349
Honey War	1,620	1,620	188	188
Mormons	895	895	114	114
Admission to the United States	2,410	2,410	277	277
Railroad Construction	7,396	7,396	628	628
American Civil War	2,014	3,900	234	476
37th Iowa Infantry Regiment	783	783	97	97
African Americans	1,103	1,103	145	145
Political arena of late 19th through early 20th century	3,112	5,762	317	573
Progressive movement	2,650	2,650	256	256
Early Immigration	7,391	18,613	769	2,022
Immigration patterns	28	11,222	0	1,253
Dutch	1,304	1,304	133	133
Scandinavian	2,550	2,550	299	299
Czech	1,015	1,015	91	91
Latino	2,639	2,639	317	317
African-American	3,686	3,686	413	413
1917–1945	17	5,287	0	481
World War I	1,508	1,508	93	93
Great Depression	3,762	3,762	388	388
1945 to present	21	16,791	0	1,349
World War II	1,085	1,085	165	165
Effects of World War II	2,623	2,623	268	268
Vietnam War	1,631	1,631	107	107
Iowa Caucuses	1,831	1,831	145	145
Farm Crisis	1,422	1,422	88	88
NAFTA	4,690	4,690	357	357
Natural disasters	2,139	2,139	128	128
COVID-19	1,349	1,349	91	91
See also	411	411	0	0
References	42	4,818	0	0
Sources	16	4,776	0	0
Journals	2,040	2,040	0	0
Books	2,720	2,720	0	0
Further reading	5,844	5,844	0	0
External links	632	632	0	0
Total	102,140	102,140	8,452	8,452

Honey Tree War

No mention of our glorious war with Missouri (The Honeytree War)?

Nor the James gang's first train robbery?

You left out all the fun stuff!

Eggerst 21:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

post 1950?

This article gives the impression that history stopped in Iowa circa 1950. I've never been there, but I doubt that is the case. The article could do with some recent history. Thryduulf 21:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

actually, the corn grows faster now than ever before. (new hybrids or global warming or whatever). Otherwise not much news. Rjensen 21:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Civil Rights Advancement

It might be worthwhile to include some info on Iowa's civil rights history, which is surprisingly trailblazing. Especially in light of the recent lawsuit that legalized same-sex marriage there... http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/Public_Information/Iowa_Courts_History/Civil_Rights/ 65.118.100.70 01:50, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Louisiana Purchase?

I'm pretty sure that Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase. It seems odd that it was left off of here - I checked LP on Wiki and it lists Iowa. So I think I will check back in a few days and change it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.65.93 (talk) 01:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

File:Iowa and Nebraska lands10.jpg to appear as POTD

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Picture of the day

An 1872 poster for the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, offering land for settlement in Iowa and Nebraska. At this point in their histories, both states were attempting to attract immigrants and increase their populations, a form of boosterism in which the company participated. The railroad offered farmers the chance to purchase land grant parcels on easy credit terms; this poster advertises low prices, with 10 years credit and 6 percent interest. Through such efforts, railroads facilitated and accelerated the peopling and development of the Great Plains.Poster: Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; restoration: Lise Broer

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@User:IntentionallyDense I fixed the copyright issue, are you able to take the banner down?--ActuallyElite (talk) 01:42, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

GA review

failed A.Cython (talk) 03:41, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:History of Iowa/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: ActuallyElite (talk · contribs) 20:44, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: A.Cython (talk · contribs) 03:41, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Definitely a solid effort and a great work here. Unfortunately, there are a bit too many unsupported statements and partial source information. Thus, I have to quickfail based on WP:GAFAIL#1,3.

It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include {{cleanup}}, {{POV}}, {{unreferenced}} or large numbers of {{citation needed}}, {{clarify}}, or similar tags (See also {{QF}})
it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;

I placed 9 citation needed tags; I also placed some page needed, as this is needed for the verification during the GAR. At minimum, every paragraph must end with an inline citation. Moreover, I strongly urge you to provide as much as possible information of sources, e.g., isbn numbers, urls to book info from publisher, etc. Such information is essential for verification and this info is just as page numbers. Such information should be in the article before the GAR is initiated. Once you have provided this information please submit it as GAN. A.Cython (talk) 03:41, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Spamlinks

I removed all the spamlinks to Abebooks that were hidden in citation templates. DuncanHill (talk) 19:54, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

GA review

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