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The Killian Co. department store was a fixture in downtown Cedar Rapids from the time it opened in 1911 until …
Christmas trees were first sold commercially in the United States in the 1850s. The trees were chopped down in forests …
Marion cabdriver Mary Snyder grew up in Cedar Rapids and loved to tell about her kindergarten days at Jackson Elementary …
By the 1890s, advances in technology had made bicycles safer, lighter and faster. Cedar Rapids residents saw the proof in …
Of all the piano-playing couples throughout the history of pianos and couples, perhaps the best couple to ever play together …
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Iowa’s first territorial Thanksgiving is generally believed to have been proclaimed by Gov. Robert Lucas, who served from 1838 to …
The story behind the Belmont Hill mansion in northwest Cedar Rapids goes back to 1882, when Philip Andrew Wolff bought …
The Riverside Roundhouse, a popular open-air market and community center in Czech Village, opened in 1963, bringing crowds of people …
Breakfast time around the world changed dramatically after an Iowa native, Charles Perkins Strite, invented the pop-up toaster. An early …
In 1880, the largest showbiz industry in the world, the American circus, left quite an impression on Cedar Rapids – …
One of the more popular ghost stories in Linn County concerns Hazel McGrew. The story goes that Hazel’s ghost appeared …
Twenty-five years ago, on Oct. 21, 1995, three presidents – U.S. President Bill Clinton, Czech President Vaclav Havel and Slovak …
Quonset huts, used as temporary housing by the military during World War II, became student housing on college campuses after …
