IOWA 



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IOWA CITY 



IOWA, a tribe of North American Indians, 

 belonging to the Winnebago stock, who car- 

 ried on an active fur trade in Minnesota after 

 the whites settled in the country. Afterward 

 they settled in the region a part of which 

 to-day bears their name, and in 1836 they 

 were given land on the west bank of the Mis- 

 souri River, in what is now Kansas. At the 

 time of the War of Secession they removed to 

 reservations in Kansas and Oklahoma, where 

 the remnant of the tribe, numbering about 

 220, now live. They were an agricultural peo- 

 ple and given to hunting the buffalo. See 

 INDIANS, AMERICAN. 



IOWA, UNIVERSITY OF, a state institution, 

 established in 1847 at Iowa City, then the capi- 

 tal of the state, the year after Iowa was ad- 

 mitted to the Union. Upon the removal of the 

 seat of government to Des Moines, the old 

 capitol building and the land on which it stood 

 were given to the university, which was opened 

 in 1855. From 1858 until 1860 only a normal 

 department was in operation; the university 

 was reorganized in 1860. 



At the present time the university main- 

 tains a graduate college and colleges of liberal 

 arts, law, medicine, homeopathic medicine, 

 dentistry, pharmacy, applied science and edu- 

 cation. It also includes two schools for nurses, 

 a school of commerce and a school of music. 

 The summer session embraces the Iowa Lake- 

 side Laboratory at Lake Okoboji and a school 

 for library training. Correspondence courses 

 are under the direction of the extension divi- 

 sion, which is organized in a series of bureaus. 

 The university now occupies about thirty-five 

 buildings, the majority of which are new, the 

 principal ones being constructed of Bedford 

 stone. Old Capitol, the corner stone of which 

 was laid July 4, 1840, is the administration 

 building, and stands at the center of a pic- 

 turesque campus of fifty acres on the banks 

 of the Iowa River. The quota of laboratories 

 and museums is large; about 208,000 volumes 

 are accessible in its libraries, including the 

 state historical society library of 46,000 vol- 

 umes. 



The university is coeducational, and its con- 

 trol is vested in the Iowa state board of eclu- 

 cation. The total enrolment of students in 

 1915-16 was 3,286; the faculty numbered about 

 300 in that year. As contemplated in its or- 

 ganization, the university is an integral part 

 of the public school system of the state, and 

 its work is based upon the preparation afforded 

 by the duly-accredited high schools of the 



state, whose students are admitted to the 

 undergraduate* and professional courses upon 

 the presentation of proper certificates except 

 in the colleges of law and medicine, which 

 require two years of collegiate work in prepara- 

 tion. Through the university the state under- 

 takes to furnish instruction in the various 

 branches requisite for a liberal or professional 

 education. It also aims to encourage investi- 

 gation and research, and to maintain in every 

 particular a high standard and a progressive 

 spirit. C.H.W. 



IOWA CITY, IOWA, the county seat of John- 

 son County and the seat of Iowa State Uni- 

 versity. It had a population of 10,091 in 1910 ; 

 by a Federal estimate in 1916 the number had 

 increased to 11,413. The city is situated south- 

 east of the geographical center of the state, 

 on the Iowa River, twenty-eight miles south 

 of Cedar Rapids, fifty-four miles northwest of 

 Davenport and 121 miles east of Des Moines, 

 the capital. Railway transportation is pro- 

 vided by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 

 and by two interurban lines, to Cedar Rapids 

 and Muscatine. Iowa City was established 

 in 1839 and was incorporated in 1853; from 

 the time is was founded until 1857 it was the 

 capital of Iowa, both as territory and state. 

 The area exceeds five square miles. 



Iowa City has a good location on a succes- 

 sion of three plateaus, which ascend 150 feet 

 from the bank of the river. On the uppermost 

 of these is built a handsome marble structure 

 which was originally intended for the state 

 capitol, and because of 'the resemblance of its 

 site to that of the Acropolis of ancient Athens 

 the city is locally called the Athens of Iowa. 

 The building referred to is now the principal 

 one occupied by the Iowa State University 

 (see IOWA, UNIVERSITY OF). Iowa City is also 

 the seat of the Iowa City Academy and the 

 State Historical Society, the Ranney Memorial 

 and the Carnegie libraries. It also has two 

 high schools and a business college. There are 

 two parks, City Park (eight acres) and Col- 

 lege Hill Park; the university campus covers 

 fifty acres. 



Mercy Hospital is maintained in connection 

 with the medical department of the university. 

 Besides its educational interests, Iowa City 

 is the farming trade center for several counties. 

 Excellent water power is furnished by the Iowa 

 River, and the industrial plants are numerous 

 and varied; these include flour mills, knitting 

 mills, glove, jewelry and perfume factories, 

 brick and tile works, foundries, machine shops, 



