IOWA
1838
SEAL OF THES
STATE O
GREAT
OF TOWA.
1938
TERRITORY
CENTENNIAL
The "HAWKEYE STATE" formed
part of the Louisiana Purchase and was governed suc-
cessively by the Territorial Governments of Missouri,
Michigan, and Wisconsin. Became a separate territory
July 4, 1838. Admitted as a state on Dec. 28, 1846.
IOWA was the name of a tribe of American Indians
belonging to the Siouan family. Des Moines is the
Capital. Agriculture forms the chief occupation.
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
MOINES
AUG 24
9-AM
1938
LOWA
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Donald James
3595 Bainbridge Ave.
Bronx, New York
TERRITORIAL CENTENNIAL
1938
1838
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THE OLD CAPITOL BUILDING
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