Diane Fannon-Langton

TIME MACHINE: Kansan preached Prohibition to thousands

The Gazette hired Cyrus Fosmire to produce cartoons and drawings for publication with Gazette stories. His first day on the job, and the first day his name was included in the masthead as “Illustrator,” was Jan. 1, 1896, when he was 20 years old.

Dennis Chaffee’s two toddlers were staying with him when he was shot and killed in his home in July 1983.

TIME MACHINE: An Iowa governor investigated and thought they were innocent in murder case, pardoning them in 1915.

TIME MACHINE: The idea for piggybacking – hauling semitruck trailers on flatbed train cars – might have been spawned in the late 1800s with the circus trains that crisscrossed the country. Some of the flatbed cars on those trains carried circus vehicles “piggyback” style.

Rise Stevens brought her voice and elegance to the state in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s

LaVelda and LaVona Rowe started twin club at the University of Iowa and were a hit in Chicago and on TV shows,

Norwegian King Olav and his family developed a soft spot for Decorah, and it was reciprocated in repeated visits by the royal family.

Residents were determined, despite the odds, to have a crossing over Coralville Lake

Quad Cities’ plant opened 2 years before Duane Arnold, narrowly avoided shutdown in 2018

If you could see the tip of the boulder, it was safe to swim or ride a horse across

TIME MACHINE: First Avenue film venue went from swanky to sleazy.

A loft apartment with amenities like no other would have been a treat for its occupants

TIME MACHINE: Two rugs have covered the floor of the music room at the historic Iowa mansion in Clermont. One came directly from France, the other from the Maytag mansion in Newton.

Hours of practice lead dedicated scholars to championships