Iowa City
Former territorial capital
Iowa City is a city in eastern Iowa, home to the University of Iowa.
It served as the state's first capital from 1841 to 1857.
The university dominates the city's character and economy, making it a college town with a strong literary tradition—it hosts the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop: She moved to Iowa City for graduate school.
Iowa's team nickname
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- professorSenior university teacher
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
lecture · seminar · thesis · dissertation · campus · dormitory · commencement · tailgate
Metrical literary composition
- fictionImagined narrative work
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- readingsDisplayed measurements or interpretations
publishing · authors · manuscripts · MFA · Kurt Vonnegut · Flannery O'Connor · literary magazine · storytelling
Cultivated grain expanses
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- heartlandCentral region of significance
- farmsteadFarm with residence
- silosFarm storage towers
soybeans · barns · tractors · county fair · harvest · grain elevator · fertile · pasture
Events celebrating creative disciplines
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
- international studentsPupils studying outside homeland
refugee community · progressive · craft breweries · local music · public art · community theater
Hawkeyes
Iowa's team nickname
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- professorSenior university teacher
student · lecture · seminar · thesis · dissertation · campus · dormitory · commencement · tailgate · Big Ten
poetry
Metrical literary composition
- fictionImagined narrative work
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
readings · publishing · authors · manuscripts · MFA · Kurt Vonnegut · Flannery O'Connor · literary magazine · storytelling · prose
cornfields
Cultivated grain expanses
silos · soybeans · barns · tractors · county fair · harvest · grain elevator · fertile · pasture · potluck
arts festivals
Events celebrating creative disciplines
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
international students · refugee community · progressive · craft breweries · local music · public art · community theater
- College TownsAnn Arbor, Berkeley, Cambridge, Chapel Hill, Ithaca
- MidwestIndiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio
- Midwest AttractionsGateway Arch, Mount Rushmore, Mall of America, Mackinac Island, Great Lakes
- Midwest citiesChicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis
- IowaDes Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Dubuque, Waterloo
- Iowa mapsDes Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Waterloo, Dubuque
Iowa CitySioux City
Iowa municipality near Nebraska
farm country · Davenport · Waterloo · agricultural communities · Cedar Rapids