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  2. Lake Red Rock (Des Moines River) - Wikipedia

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    Lake Red Rock (Des Moines River) Lake Red Rock, also referred to as Red Rock Reservoir is a reservoir formed by Red Rock Dam on the Des Moines River, about 41 miles (66 km) southeast of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. The dam was completed in 1969 as a Flood control project by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, creating the largest ...

  3. Sioux Quartzite - Wikipedia

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    Sioux Quartzite at Falls Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cross-bedding in the Sioux Quartzite, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota, United States.. The Sioux Quartzite is a Proterozoic quartzite that is found in the region around the intersection of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Iowa, and correlates with other rock units throughout the upper midwestern and southwestern United States.

  4. Red Rock Dam (Iowa) - Wikipedia

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    12,320 square miles. Surface area. 15,250 acres (61.7 km 2) Website. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Red Rock Project. Red Rock Dam is a dam in central Iowa, United States, on the Des Moines River, forming Lake Red Rock. It is contained entirely within Marion County. The nearest cities are Pella to the northeast, and Knoxville to the southwest.

  5. Geography of Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Geography of Iowa. The geography of Iowa includes the study of bedrock, landforms, rivers, geology, paleontology and urbanisation of the U.S. state of Iowa. The state covers an area of 56,272.81 sq mi (145,746 km 2).

  6. Sac and Fox treaty of 1842 - Wikipedia

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    October 11, 1842. Location. Agency, Iowa. Parties. United States. Sauk. Meskwaki. The New Purchase of 1842 is a treaty between the United States and the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes, referred to as the Sac and Fox in the treaty. The Native American tribes ceded land in Iowa west of the Mississippi River and north of the Missouri border.

  7. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area - Wikipedia

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    The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, United States, is an area managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of its National Landscape Conservation System, and protected as a National Conservation Area. It is about 15 miles (24 km) west of Las Vegas.

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Phil Hoffman House, in Mahaska County. Snake Alley, in Des Moines County. Lock and Dam No. 14 Historic District, in Scott County. Grotto of the Redemption, in Palo Alto County. Merchants' National Bank in Poweshiek County, designed by Louis Sullivan. Howes Building, in Clinton County. Fourth Street Historic District, in Woodbury County. County.

  9. File:USA Iowa relief location map.svg - Wikipedia

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    File:USA Iowa relief location map.svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 × 527 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 211 pixels | 640 × 422 pixels | 1,024 × 674 pixels | 1,280 × 843 pixels | 2,560 × 1,686 pixels | 1,201 × 791 pixels. Original file ‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,201 × 791 pixels, file size: 2.27 MB) This is a file ...