Arthur and Garfield elementary schools, two of the oldest school buildings in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, both opened in 1915.
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Grace King K-12 Education Mar. 28, 2022 3:15 pm431d ago
Arthur and Garfield elementary schools, two of the oldest school buildings in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, both opened in 1915.
Diane Fannon-Langton History Mar. 2, 2022 12:11 am458d ago
Time Machine: In 1953, Gazette Sports Editor Gus Schraeder and University of Iowa head football coach Forest Evashevski switched roles for the Black & Gold game in “Operation Big Switch.”
By Jessica Cline and Rob Cline, - The History Center History Feb. 22, 2022 6:00 am465d ago
History Happenings: A 200-pound howitzer brought home to Cedar Rapids by Union veterans after the Civil War has disappeared and reappeared over the years.
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center History Feb. 22, 2022 6:00 am465d ago
PIECE OF HISTORY: The minister of St. George Syrian Orthodox Church in Cedar Rapids and his family were on their way to a Syrian picnic in Mason City on Sept. 17, 1933, when a two-car crash killed three members of the Kacere family and the three Waterloo men in the other car.
Diane Fannon-Langton History Feb. 15, 2022 2:07 pm472d ago
Iowa football star was first Black lineman in the NFL before becoming a lawyer and judge in Chicago.
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Community Feb. 15, 2022 3:50 pm472d ago
Kirkwood Community College is hosting a screening of “13th,” a 2016 documentary about the history of racial inequality in the U.S., on Feb. 23 at Paramount Theatre. There will be a Q&A session with Kevin Gannon, a Des Moines history professor who contributed to the film.
History Feb. 8, 2022 9:41 am479d ago
Time Machine: After Herbert Richard Wright became a lawyer, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as U.S. consul to Honduras and later to Venezuela.
History Feb. 1, 2022 6:00 am486d ago
TIME MACHINE: Refused use of a hall by the DAR in 1939, Anderson sang from steps of Lincoln Memorial before 75,000 people.
By Tara Templeman, - The History Center
History Jan. 25, 2022 5:06 pm493d ago
Piece of History: Grant Vocational High School operated in Cedar Rapids from 1915 to 1923.
By Joe Coffey, - The History Center
History Jan. 26, 2022 3:44 pm492d ago
After months of debate, Cedar Rapidians voted to have the city buy and operate the privately owned waterworks company. The proposal followed complaints about water quality and water bills higher than in other Iowa cities.
History Jan. 18, 2022 6:00 am500d ago
Cedar Rapids company specialized in printing rare, limited edition books after 1905 founding.
History Jan. 11, 2022 7:47 am507d ago
Edgar Bergen dropped into a meeting in Cedar Rapids in1963 and used his hand to demonstrate his ventriloquism talent. Donations spiked 23 percent after his talk.
Robyn Ireland - for The Gazette
People & Places Jan. 5, 2022 6:00 am513d ago
After owning the one-millionth Thunderbird manufactured by Ford Motor Co. for 36 years, Bob Peterson is donating it to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, Calif.
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