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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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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The Iowa State Fair wasn't always in Des Moines

Diane Langton
Time Machine
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Time Machine: All-Iowa Fair attracted thousands to Hawkeye Downs in 1950s
Diane Langton
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
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Time Machine: The Hub City - Oelwein took its nickname from huge locomotive repair ...
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
Saturday, April 06, 2019

Time Machine: 3 murders in Benton, Tama County in 1967
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Time Machine: Cedar Rapids Fire Station No. 2
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Bohemian-Irish series: It was Kolaches vs. Shamrocks in 1910 baseball contest
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Sunday, March 10, 2019

100 years ago, wealthy Tipton farmer left money to build opera house that became a theater
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, March 02, 2019

Time Machine: Brush Creek Canyon Preserve near Arlington left 'as wilderness'
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Time Machine: Woman who grew up in Cedar Rapids married civil rights leader
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, February 09, 2019

Time Machine: Perkins House loses some frills as it becomes apartments
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, February 02, 2019

Time Machine: The embezzler who built an elegant Cedar Rapids home in 1897
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Time Machine: Steeplejack sets pole-sitting world record in Strawberry Point in 1930
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Time Machine: Jean Seberg from Iowa found her home in Paris
Diane Langton
Life
Saturday, December 29, 2018

Time Machine: Jennie Iowa Berry left her mark on Cedar Rapids clubs, organizations a century ago
Diane Langton
Time Machine
Cedar Rapids Farmers Market

Market After Dark returns to downtown August 24! Vendors, stage and street entertainment will bring a unique atmosphere to downtown.

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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Enjoy free admission at the museum, now through September 2nd!

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