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The towns of Iowa have been named for railroad magnates and saloon owners, poets and politicians, bulls and dogs, rivers and trees--and almost anything else that someone could dream up. This fascinating collection gives an account of the colorful, often humorous, and sometimes bizarre origins of over 1,200 Iowa place names.Dilts, Harold E. is the author of 'From Ackley to Zwingle', published 1993 under ISBN 9780813808376 and ISBN 0813808375.
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