Iowa Farms

Mid-1840s Iowa Farms: How Corn Created the Tall Corn State

What Iowa Farms Looked Like in the Mid-1840s American agriculture has undergone remarkable changes over the past two centuries, but the foundations of modern farming can be traced back to the simple family farms that dotted the Midwest during the 1840s. In this edition of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold highlights what a typical Iowa farm looked like …