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March 2025
1. How long is it believed that people have lived in Iowa?
For at least 13,000 years
2. How many years after the Europeans explored Iowa did it become a state?
200 years with Iowa becoming a state on December 28, 1846.
3. How many frontier forts were originally built in Iowa and how many survive today?
There were at least 56 frontier forts built starting in the 1680’s with the last one built in 1862. Unfortunately, none of these frontier forts remain today.