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Diane Langton

The Gazette
After more than 40 years in The Gazette newsroom, I officially retired as of 2016. That is, except for continuing to contribute to The Gazette's history column, Time Machine. There are more than 300 of them with my byline, and 50 of them are available in a Gazette book, "Ties To Our Past." They are $23.95 at The Gazette Store store.thegazette.com. (You know you want one.)
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Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Time Machine: How did renowned novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wind up in Iowa City?
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Time Machine: A Cedar Rapids Ponzi scheme (Part Two: Who is at the top when you ...
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Does ghost of Coe freshman, who died in 1918 flu epidemic, haunt Voorhees Hall?
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Tuesday, October 08, 2019

The time a downtown Cedar Rapids clothing factory became a luxurious hotel
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Tuesday, September 03, 2019

The story behind the railroad depot in Marion's City Square Park
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Groves along Prairie Creek once hosted thousands on Labor Day in Cedar Rapids
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The Iowa State Fair wasn't always in Des Moines

Diane Langton
Time Machine
Tuesday, August 06, 2019

The Cedar Rapids Chandlers built big homes, lent their name to tiny park
Diane Langton
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Time Machine: All-Iowa Fair attracted thousands to Hawkeye Downs in 1950s
Diane Langton
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Time Machine: The day Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller came to Cedar Rapids
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Time Machine: The rise and deadly collapse of KCRG's TV towers
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Monday, July 08, 2019

Time Machine: Van Vechten Park in southeast Cedar Rapids donated to the city in 1927
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Friday, July 05, 2019

Time Machine: The story behind the mini Statue of Liberty in downtown Cedar Rapids
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Fayette's Paine house
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Lions on ice: the 'old engineering trick' used to place sculptures in front of Masonic library
Diane Langton
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Time Machine: The Hub City - Oelwein took its nickname from huge locomotive repair shops
Diane Langton
Saturday, June 01, 2019

Time Machine: Iowa's only socialist mayor
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Time Machine: Family sorrow doubled in Douglas Starch Works explosion
Diane Langton
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Time Machine: Iowa desperadoes
Diane Langton
Saturday, May 04, 2019

Time Machine: Believe it or not, steamboats once plied the Iowa River in Iowa City
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Time Machine: What happened to Iowa's 100th county?
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Time Machine: Cedar Rapids cafe became gathering spot for artists in 1920s
Diane Langton
Time Machine
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