The Capitol Theater opened in 1928, but six months later the lettering on its sign was changed to Paramount.
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The Capitol Theater opened in 1928, but six months later the lettering on its sign was changed to Paramount.
“Satchmo” played on Quad Cities riverboat, then appeared in concert at numerous Eastern Iowa venues
In the 1950s, escalators arrived from Germany for the new Armstrong’s department store in downtown Cedar Rapids. But, because of a union agreement, they had to be disassembled and put back together by local workers.
An interesting artifact was unearthed and donated to The History Center recently – a diary from 1923 that features 365 entries. It was kept by a 22-year old man.
Weekend festivities help Cedar Rapids museum celebrate the day 3 presidents helped dedicate the new National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in 1995.
One troupe operated next door to the swimming pool in the basement of the Roosevelt Hotel
Hours after the terrorist attacks, Gazette journalists worked quickly to produce a four-page breaking edition of the paper to get to readers that same day.
As America commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, one Eastern Iowa Gold Star family says the ultimate sacrifice paid by their son, Sgt. 1st Class Terryl Pasker, was not in vain.
Eastern Iowa social studies teachers try to contextualize a 20-year war on terror.
Though maps outlining “undesirable” areas were only produced by the federal government from 1935 to 1940, the effects on seven Iowa cities live on to this day.
Bike riders have joined in a ride around Cedar Rapids on Labor Day for 13 of the past 15 years. The ride was not held in 2008 after the flood or 2020 because of the derecho. And organizers have canceled this year’s ride because of COVID-19.
Circular steel door at Peoples Savings Bank weighed 25 tons
Young man took Cedar Rapids by storm in 1857 as newspaper publisher and postmaster, only to leave the city in disgrace.
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