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Show Missouri-Iowa Boundary War Nears End IOWA MISSOUR J&sJt ALEXANDRIA' TsS: fflfflV's ttt v.zi'.y warsaw 7Vn NILfNOlS A hundred-year boundary war between Missouri and Iowa, cause of the ludicrous "honey war" of 1839, ends on New War's eve when 200 acres of Missouri land goes to Iowa and 2,000 Iowa acres are given to Missouri. The trouble was caused by a change in the Dcs Moines river, boundary between the two states. Map shows the river's present course, while dotted lines indicate the route 50 years ago ' |