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Diane Fannon-Langton History Sep. 13, 2022 5:00 am258d ago
‘Gazzy,’ born in 1941, was named for The Gazette
Diane Fannon-Langton History Sep. 6, 2022 3:17 pm265d ago
Orchestra has had five directors in past 100 years
Erin Jordan History Sep. 9, 2022 9:37 am262d 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.
Diane Fannon-Langton History Aug. 30, 2022 6:00 am272d 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 pm277d ago
Longtime educator said hearing a Wagner concert on the radio set his life’s course
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By Tara Templeman, - The History Center
History Aug. 23, 2022 6:00 am279d ago
Perhaps the person most responsible for selling electricity in its early days to Cedar Rapidians was Louise Hathaway.
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TIME MACHINE: Kansan preached Prohibition to thousands
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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 pm298d 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 am307d 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.
By Jessica and Rob Cline, - The History Center
History Jul. 26, 2022 7:59 am307d ago
Effort to build flood protection along the Cedar led to legal fight in early 1900s
History Jul. 22, 2022 10:28 pm310d ago
TIME MACHINE: An Iowa governor investigated and thought they were innocent in murder case, pardoning them in 1915.
History Jul. 12, 2022 6:00 am321d ago
Rise Stevens brought her voice and elegance to the state in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s
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