Diane Fannon-Langton

Davenport and Iowa CIty hired first women in Iowa in 1977, with Cedar Rapids following in 1986

TIME MACHINE: May 22 fire was one of worst in city’s history, attracting thousands of onlookers

Quaker plant used oak hulls to produce critical organic chemical used in WWII

Dutch families began popular Pella festival in 1935

Collins Aerospace sits on early airstrip in Cedar Rapids

TIME MACHINE: 19 inches of snow drifted, brought Iowa to a standstill

Plant in Vinton once produced tons of the treat

130-year-old building is now a museum in Fairfield

The church, founded in 1886, attracted Irish parishioners and priests

Stories of heartbreak and survival filled The Gazette for days after giant ocean liner sank April 15, 1912

Bell from I.C. First Presbyterian was hidden, then spirited away to Utah

He visited Burlington, Council Bluffs before becoming nation’s 16th president

Big metal boxes for returns were a new thing

Iowa’s largest five-and-dime store was in C.R. before closing after Christmas 1986.

Two women laid the foundation for an ‘amazing space’ in Cedar Rapids