Iowa is most definitely an agricultural state. Our old slogan was even, "Fields of Opportunity", which changed recently to "Freedom to Flourish". Today we'll take a look back 150+ years ago to 1870. Ahh, the good ol' days, right? 1870 in Iowa was a wildly different time. The state was still in its 20s, established in 1846. There wasn't heating or cooling like we have today and no 40-hour work weeks.