Iowa history

The first thanksgiving is believed to have taken place in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. When did Iowa start the holiday?

Tensions were naturally high between the settlers and the nomadic tribes of the Midwest. After trading blow for blow with deaths of individuals and small groups in northwest Iowa, a mass killing was bound to ensue.

Given the lack of radio and television technology, barnstorming tours gave smaller towns across the country an opportunity to see and meet some of their baseball heroes.

With the increase in population and crime, this small city in Iowa began to boom -- partially thanks to Al Capone and company. It was only recently discovered that another story would unfold.

Following the draft, 262,638 men and women from Iowa were selected and served in a branch of the military, and the Hawkeye state contributed in every way it could.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all-time, this legend died in a plane crash near Des Moines the day before his 46th birthday.

Brown vs. Board of Education was one of the most groundbreaking cases in American history. It happened in 1954. Iowa nearly beat that by a century.

Tony Hawk is widely regarded as the greatest skateboarder of all time. When he visited Iowa, one of the best trends on Twitter followed.

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, otherwise known as Bonny and Clyde, were a pair of young criminals who went on a near two-year escapade of crimes across the United States. They were nearly stopped by a posse in Iowa.

Late in the 19th century, a colossal hunk of space rock crashed into the Iowa soil. It also exploded.