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Tourist info: Iowa Tourism Office, 200 E
Grand Ave., Des Moines, Iowa 50309 USA
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IOWA
E-mail: tourism@iowalifechanging.com W
Tel: 001 515 242 4705
A
the hawkeye state
Web: www.iowalifechanging.com
Midwest travel is at its vacation best in
Iowa, America’s welcome centre!
Land Area: 55,869 square miles
Iowa sightseeing ranges from his-
Population: 2,966,334
toric frontier forts to culturally rich State Capital: Des Moines
cities, from authentic American farms
Largest City: Des Moines
to Old World charm in places such as
Local Time: CST – 6 hrs behind the UK
Pella and the Amana Colonies to
Climate: In 2001, the average maximum
world-famous movie sites, including
temperature was 59.3 degrees, while the
Field of Dreams and The Bridges of
average low temperature was 38.7 degrees.
Madison County.
Whether you’re planning a week-
National Parks: None
end getaway or a fun-filled family vaca-
tion in the land between the Mississippi
River and the Missouri River, the Iowa
Tourism Office invites you to come be
our guest!
Strange but true...
The Vesterheim Norwegian American
Museum in Decorah, Iowa is the oldest
and largest museum in the nation
dedicated to a single immigrant group.
Tourist info: KANSAS TRAVEL &
KANSAS
TOURISM, Bowerhope House, Yarrow,
KANSAS
Selkirk, TD7 5LF Tel: 08450 533 280
the sunflower state
Media/Press/Travel Trade) 08450 533 290
(Brochure line) Fax: 01750 42224
E-mail: info@TravelKsOk.co.uk
Website: www.TravelKs.com
Kansas has always been a crossroads nate. A trip to Kansas successfully
Land Area: 82,264 square miles
for explorers, a distinctive place where blends new with old; the Kansas the Johnny Western Theater…while
Population: 2,724 million
land and cultures meet. Many impor- Cosmosphere and Space Center in the Overland Wagon Tours in Newton
tant trails of Americans' westward Hutchinson is rapidly becoming the offer travelers a pioneer excursion of
State Capital: Topeka
expansion passed through Kansas…a most comprehensive space museum in authenticity that includes sleeping Largest City: Wichita
stopping place for America's epic jour- existence, whereas the Sternberg under the stars and Dutch-oven cook-
Local Time: CST – 6 hrs behind the UK.
ney. Today, travelers encounter Museum of Natural History in Hays ing over an open campfire pit while MST – 7 hrs behind the UK in the
authentic frontier and Wild West activi- features exhibits that recreate the days traveling within the magnificent Flint westernmost edge.
ties, nostalgic towns, vast acres of the of Kansas 88 million years ago; Wild Hills. Kansas remains a place for
Climate: Kansas has a varied climate
nation's finest farm and ranch land, and West World a $26 million dollar, 130 explores and adventures…a place of from East to West, with an average 56
the largest remaining stand of tall grass acres family entertainment theme park discovery through unique art, delicious degree climate. The state has on average
prairie in America. It is here where just north of Wichita, features thrill food, stunning crafts, spectacular 275 clear or partly clear days a year.
travelers can relax, unwind, and rejuve- rides, skill games, artesian shops, and events and proud people.
National Parks: Nat’l Historic Sites:
Brown vs. Board of Education; Fort Larned;
Fort Scott; Nicodemus; and the Tallgrass
If you only see one thing...
Prairie National Preserve.
Tallgrass Prairie – both Konza and National Preserve!
Look out for...
Melissa Etheridge – Dubbed as the Janis Joplin of the 1990s. She began her rise to stardom
playing local venues in her hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas. Today, you’ll be greeted as
you enter Leavenworth by guitar-shaped welcome markers.
Strange but true...
Every weekend over 5,000 diners flock to Chicken Mary’s and Chicken Annie’s (northeast of
Pittsburg) for fried chicken dinners with all the fixin’s!
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