Kate Daum – who has a University of Iowa residence hall named in her honor – was 9 years old …
History Feb. 11, 2020 10:00 am2136d ago
Kate Daum – who has a University of Iowa residence hall named in her honor – was 9 years old …
News Feb. 5, 2020 9:00 am2142d ago
Deer in Iowa were hunted almost to extinction in the 1800s, and Iowa lawmakers in 1898 banned the hunting of …
Education Jan. 28, 2020 12:00 pm2150d ago
The Los Angeles school district owns more than 50,000 works of art. Philadelphia’s school district has 1,200. And the Cedar …
History Jan. 14, 2020 10:00 am2164d ago
Midget racing started in California in the 1930s, but it was most popular in the decades after World War II. …
History Jan. 7, 2020 10:00 am2171d ago
We weren’t supposed to be there. The old Fourth Avenue Bridge walkway was marked with warnings that it was unsafe. …
History Jan. 2, 2020 5:45 pm2176d ago
Josef Prusek had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1890. He built a two-story family home at 1601 N St. SW, …
History Dec. 17, 2019 9:00 am2192d ago
Holiday parades marched along Cedar Rapids streets as early as 1916, when a Mother Goose parade sponsored by Killian’s department …
History Dec. 10, 2019 11:17 am2199d ago
Can anyone prove that the famous Rudolph with the bright, shiny red nose has ever been in Iowa? Probably not. …
History Dec. 4, 2019 8:30 am2205d ago
How did renowned novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wind up in Iowa City? Credit goes to his friend, George Starbuck, who …
History Dec. 2, 2019 5:48 pm2207d ago
Correction: Nile Kinnick was killed in June 1943 when his plane crashed off the coast of Venezuela. A previous version …
History Nov. 12, 2019 9:15 am2227d ago
(Second of two parts) Verne Marshall, managing editor of The Evening Gazette and Republican, was called to testify in March …
Living Nov. 12, 2019 9:19 am2227d ago
Ponzi schemes came into vogue in the 1920s, with a Cedar Rapids cigar store owner in the middle of a …
By Joe Coffey, The History Center
History Oct. 24, 2019 12:04 am2246d ago
When it comes to making waves in a single sport, it’s hard to top Beulah Gundling. The Cedar Rapids native …
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