What was Iowa like when the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago? John Pearson, an ecologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said 28 million acres of Iowa was covered in tall grass prairie. “Lots of forest and savanna, adding up to about 7 million acres,” he said. “Lots of different kinds […]
America’s founding documents rest on an Iowa-made foundation
Our nation’s three most important and revered documents are enclosed in titanium display cases in the rotunda of the National Archives
