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By Jessica Cline and Rob Cline, - The History Center History Nov. 22, 2022 5:00 am193d ago
Gazette’s first female reporter in 1913 hid behind judge’s desk to cover rough trials
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center History Nov. 22, 2022 5:00 am193d ago
Piece of History: Lois Rayman was discovered while having lunch in L.A.
Diane Fannon-Langton History Nov. 15, 2022 5:00 am200d ago
‘Happy little ear of corn’ has been entertaining children in Cedar Rapids since 1952
Erin Jordan History Nov. 11, 2022 6:00 am204d ago
The Naval warship named after five Iowa brothers killed together while serving in World War II no longer is sinking after more than $2 million in repairs and cleanup. Now a naval architect will determine if the museum ship must be dry docked for further fixes.
Diane Fannon-Langton History Nov. 8, 2022 5:00 am207d ago
Blind musician graduated from Coe, taught music and literature, earned Ph.D. at Iowa
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History Nov. 1, 2022 5:00 am214d ago
Cedar Rapids added retired military equipment to parks in 1960s
By Jessica and Rob Cline, - The History Center
History Oct. 25, 2022 5:00 am221d ago
2 Cedar Rapids women took stands for policy changes
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center
History Oct. 25, 2022 5:00 am221d ago
1907 flight so excited onlookers that phone lines jammed and the switchboard’s main fuses blew out.
History Oct. 18, 2022 5:00 am228d ago
City Hall moved around the downtown six times before moving to May’s Island, including a few years in an old hotel that one council member described as an “old shell. … It makes my flesh creep to think of it.”
History Oct. 11, 2022 5:00 am235d ago
Mary Emily Wright died at age 6 on Aug. 19, 1854, in her parents’ log cabin along the road that would became Highway 6/151 in Iowa County. She was buried in the cemetery across the road from her home. Her grave, surrounded by a white fence in the railroad right of way, is maintained to this day.
History Oct. 4, 2022 5:00 am242d ago
Station had been surrounded by Ralston Creek flash flood
History Sep. 29, 2022 8:42 pm247d 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 am256d ago
They stopped in neighborhoods from 1952 to 1983
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