Des Moines is the capital of the state of Iowa. One of the biggest attractions in the city is the Capitol Building Terrace Hill. Some of the biggest industries in the city include the financial industry with Wells Fargo playing a large role within the local economy. There are local jazz festivals in the summer on the square and for the Fourth of July. In fact there is a Greater Des Moines Community Jazz Theater in the city that is one of the biggest tourist attractions around. The arts is celebrated by a wide number of people there when they go to the Des Moines Art Center.
The art center offers a weekly film, dance and art activities such as discussions involving modern and classical paintings. Cookies and lemonade are also offered to everyone so the kids and those people who are young at heart have plenty to much on when they go to the art center. They also have the Wells Fargo Convention Center where local community and activist groups can book the building and carry out their festivities. The convention center holds a fair number of people as things such as geode conventions for people from all over the country have been held at the convention center. Rock groups such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers along with the Black Crowes have played the Wells Fargo Center.
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The next time you’re planning a family vacation you might want to consider Iowa and specifically its capital city, Des Moines. If you’re looking to explore America’s heartland there is no better place to start. In the midst of this agriculturally based state sits Des Moines.
Originally Des Moines was a fort created in 1843 by the military to look after the rights of the Sak and Fox tribal communities. It has changed tremendously since those beginnings and is now the largest city in Iowa and has gained a reputation for being the epicenter of the insurance industry. However, Des Moines has a lot more to offer visitors than just agriculture and insurance industries. If you decide to make Des Moines a vacation, stop then there are some places & things to do that may be of interest.
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Davenport lies around the Mississippi River of Iowa. It is Scott County’s county seat. It was founded last May 14th of the year 1836 by a certain Antoine LeClaire, following the peace treaty signing that ended the Black Hawk War. The city’s name was derived from Antoine LeClaire’s friend, Colonel George Davenport.
Davenport has a population of 98,359 as of year 2000. Its current mayor is Bill Gluba. Palmer College of Chiropractic and Saint Ambrose University are its 2 main institutions, making it the “birthplace of the wellness technique and chiropractic”.
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