des moines

     

Baton Rouge & this other state capital both have 2-word French names; neither is named for a person

Trivia about des moines

  • In 1942 the first training base for the WAAC, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, opened in this capital
  • Iowa:193,000
  • Iowa's capitol building in this city has 5 domes & one of them is covered in 23-karat gold
  • The name of this Iowa capital may come from an Indian word for "River of the Mounds"
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Iowa State Fair.) I'm in this city, home of the Iowa State Fair, whose name may be from the French for "monks", recalling early French missionaries
  • Survey Sampling, Inc. calls this Iowa capital the No. 1 city for market research
  • A Maverick preacher & a swashbuckling Civil War General founded Drake University in this capital of Iowa
  • Veterans Memorial Auditorium in this state capital was the home of the Iowa Barnstormers of the AFL
  • The name of this capital of Iowa may come from a Native American word meaning "river of the mounds"