01203cam a2200289 4500 388793174 TxAuBib 20090122120000.0 010530s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92044543 9780813808376 0813808375 TxAuBib Dilts, Harold E. From Ackley to Zwingle : The Origins of Iowa Place Names / Harold E. Dilts. 2nd ed. Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1993. ix, 235 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235). The towns of Iowa have been named for railroad magnates and saloon owners, poets and politicians, bulls and dogs, rivers and trees--and almost anything else that someone could dream up. This fascinating collection gives an account of the colorful, often humorous, and sometimes bizarre origins of over 1,200 Iowa place names. 20010626. Names, Geographical Iowa. Iowa History, Local. Iowa Guidebooks. Iowa Geography. Iowa Anecdotes.