
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate @IowaSOS
A law creating the Territory of Iowa was signed #OnThisDay in 1838 by Pres. Van Buren. The original capital was Burlington. The territory included Minnesota & parts of the Dakotas, covering 194,000 sq. miles. Today, the State of Iowa covers 56,000 sq. miles today. #TuesdayTrivia https://t.co/GygzeUHeO6 — PolitiTweet.org