TIME MACHINE: Two rugs have covered the floor of the music room at the historic Iowa mansion in Clermont. One came directly from France, the other from the Maytag mansion in Newton.
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Diane Fannon-Langton History Apr. 26, 2022 6:00 am402d ago
TIME MACHINE: Two rugs have covered the floor of the music room at the historic Iowa mansion in Clermont. One came directly from France, the other from the Maytag mansion in Newton.
By Jessica Cline and Rob Cline, - The History Center History Apr. 19, 2022 6:00 am409d ago
History Happenings: Father Kallistratos Glavas was aboard a sinking ship in the Atlantic in 1915 and gained widespread acclain for calming and praying with panicked passengers as they awaited rescue.
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center History Apr. 19, 2022 2:08 pm409d ago
Piece of History: J.R. Morin Co. was a successful business until three fires — thought to be arson — destroyed its operations in Mechanicsville and Norway, Iowa.
Diane Fannon-Langton History Apr. 12, 2022 5:13 pm416d ago
Hours of practice lead dedicated scholars to championships
Diane Fannon-Langton History Apr. 6, 2022 2:02 pm422d ago
Two couples owned and operated the famed supper club for more than 40 years. It was destroyed in a fire on Dec. 4, 2000.
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History Mar. 29, 2022 3:40 pm430d ago
Time Machine: University of Iowa football player, wrestler, attended the first practice drill for the Hawkeyes every fall for 65 years, starting in 1912.
People & Places May. 11, 2023 11:29 am22d ago
As she pursues her lineage with few documents left intact after World War II, Springville resident Lena Gebotszrajber Gilbert hopes to soon have Polish citizenship to prove that Hitler wasn’t ultimately successful in the genocide of millions of Jews, including most of her relatives.
Public Officials Mar. 23, 2022 6:16 pm436d ago
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was a member of the national advisory council to the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library located in Cedar Rapids. Born in Czechoslovakia, Albright was very proud of her heritage.
By Jessica and Rob Cline, - The History Center
History Mar. 22, 2022 6:00 am437d ago
When a theater is dark, a lone light is set on a stand downstage and left shining. Known as the …
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center
History Mar. 22, 2022 6:00 am437d ago
Peddling dry goods and household items was an excellent way for Lebanese immigrants to earn money and practice their English, starting in the 1890s,
History Mar. 18, 2022 6:00 am441d ago
Officials with the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in the Cedar Rapids said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has “startling parallels” with the 1968 Soviet Union occupation of former Czechoslovakia, which stopped the country’s path toward democracy for another 20 years.
People & Places Mar. 11, 2022 6:00 am448d ago
Harold Alcott joins at least 55 other centenarians in Iowa. He celebrated his 100th birthday on March 5. He’s one of 509 living World War II veterans left in the Eastern Iowa area.
History Mar. 8, 2022 6:00 am451d ago
Family jewelers have kept 1918 clock running for more than a century.
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