Plant operated on Cedar River from 1917 to 1970s Cedar Rapids Electric Light and Power began offering electricity in Eastern …
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Diane Fannon-Langton History Sep. 29, 2022 8:42 pm125d ago
Plant operated on Cedar River from 1917 to 1970s Cedar Rapids Electric Light and Power began offering electricity in Eastern …
By Jessica and Rob Cline, - The History Center History Sep. 20, 2022 5:00 am138d ago
They stopped in neighborhoods from 1952 to 1983
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center History Sep. 20, 2022 5:00 am138d ago
Stories set in Oak Hill and Oak Shade cemeteries
Diane Fannon-Langton History Sep. 13, 2022 5:00 am145d ago
‘Gazzy,’ born in 1941, was named for The Gazette
Diane Fannon-Langton History Sep. 6, 2022 3:17 pm148d ago
Orchestra has had five directors in past 100 years
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History Sep. 9, 2022 9:37 am145d ago
The Cedar Rapids stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is launching the Rescuing Our Roots project to photograph and document 20,000 Iowa headstones starting Sept. 10 and finishing Memorial Day 2023.
History Aug. 30, 2022 6:00 am159d ago
Order of Railway Conductors operated downtown for almost a century, from 1878 to 1968
By Jessica and Rob Cline, - The History Center
History Aug. 25, 2022 4:02 pm160d ago
Longtime educator said hearing a Wagner concert on the radio set his life’s course
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center
History Aug. 23, 2022 6:00 am167d ago
Perhaps the person most responsible for selling electricity in its early days to Cedar Rapidians was Louise Hathaway.
History Aug. 16, 2022 6:00 am174d ago
TIME MACHINE: Kansan preached Prohibition to thousands
History Aug. 9, 2022 6:00 am180d ago
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.
History Aug. 4, 2022 3:08 pm181d ago
Dennis Chaffee’s two toddlers were staying with him when he was shot and killed in his home in July 1983.
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center
History Jul. 26, 2022 6:00 am194d ago
Marion is the birthplace of the man responsible for getting "The Big Book" published, the book that details the recovery process used by Alcoholics Anonymous.