Quarter Cache Iowa Traditional Cache
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This cache is for trading of State Quarters. You may trade for any
state that may be present in the container. If you cannot come up
with a state quarter, a regular quarter is OK. Please bring
something to write with. Trail surface is rocky. Be sure to wear
good sturdy shoes. Would not hurt to bring some water along.
Iowa
The Iowa quarter is the fourth of 2004, and the 29th in the 50
State Quarters® Program. On December 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th
state to be admitted into the Union. The Iowa quarter design
features a one-room schoolhouse with a teacher and students
planting a tree, and the inscriptions "Foundation in Education" and
"Grant Wood." The design is based on "Arbor Day," a painting by
Grant Wood, who was born near Anamosa, Iowa. He spent his career as
a proponent of small-town values, which he celebrated in the iconic
images of small-town plain folk and verdant Midwestern vistas for
which he is world-renowned.
Iowans have had a commitment to education since the State's
earliest days. When Iowa became a state in 1846, it already had a
number of rural country schools in each of its counties. Iowa
established its first high school in the 1850s, although high
schools generally did not become widespread in the United States
until after 1900. Private and public colleges also quickly took
root in the new State.
Although Iowa has long been a leader in agriculture, the State is
unique in that it is the only one whose east and west borders are
completely formed by rivers - the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
In May 2002, Governor Thomas J. Vilsack established the 16-member
Iowa Quarter Commission, which worked with libraries, banks and
credit unions to solicit ideas and concepts for the state quarter
design. The Commission received nearly 2,000 submissions, which
were narrowed to five candidate themes, including "American
Gothic," "Foundation in Education," "Feeding the World," "Sullivan
Brothers," and "Beautiful Land."
In July 2003, the United States Mint forwarded five approved
candidate designs to Governor Vilsack for final recommendation.
Three designs were emblematic of the "Feeding the World" theme, and
the other two represented the "Young Corn" and "Foundation in
Education" concepts. Governor Vilsack chose the "Foundation in
Education" design, which was approved by the Secretary of the
Treasury on August 26, 2003.
Additional Hints
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