Central Iowa Trivia

• Jefferson is home of the Iowa Plowing Hall of Fame.
• Newton is not only the washing machine capital of the world, but it is also home to the Maytag Dairy Farm that produces award-winning gourmet blue cheese.
• Pine Lake in Hardin County was the first man made lake in Iowa.
• Iowa State University in Ames is the nation's first land grant university and home to George Washington Carver who discovered 325 products from peanuts.
• Arthur L. Hubbard from Polk County was an eighth grade drop out patented more ideas than all of John Deere's engineers ever patented. He is also credited for refining the cotton picker.
• Living History Farms in Des Moines is the home of a 1700 Ioway Indian Village that demonstrates how Iowa's first farmers worked the soil.
• Hy-Line International in Dallas County is the world's largest producer of breeding stock for egg laying chickens.