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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Cedar Rapids bike races of the late 1800s

By Tara Templeman, The History Center  
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Husband-wife duo toured nation with two pianos, taught at Mount Mercy

By Joe Coffey, The History Center  
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Time Machine: The history of Iowa's first Thanksgiving(s)

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Time Machine: The history of Belmont Hill mansion in Cedar Rapids

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Time Machine: Riverside Roundhouse had good run as Cedar Rapids farmers market, community ...

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Time Machine: An Iowan invented the pop-up toaster

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The year four top-flight circuses came to Cedar Rapids

By Joe Coffey, The History Center  
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Cedar Rapids ghost stories: The time Hazel McGrew's ghost was spotted in the library

By Tara Templeman, The History Center  
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Time Machine: 3 presidents visited Cedar Rapids 25 years ago to dedicate the National Czech & ...

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020

Quonset huts provided married student housing after World War II

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Time Machine: Cedar Rapids 'Bohemian tabernacle' 110 years later

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

When Coe students protested the Vietnam War in downtown Cedar Rapids

By Tara Templeman, The History Center  
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The Underground Railroad in Iowa: Linn County's role in helping escaped slaves ...

By Joe Coffey, The History Center  
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Time Machine: The story of a stowaway from Cedar Rapids

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, September 01, 2020

Time Machine: As we relocate, a look back at The Gazette building through the years

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, September 01, 2020

Photos: The Gazette building through the years

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Saturday, August 29, 2020

First Black-owned restaurant in Cedar Rapids opened in 1886

By Tara Templeman, The History Center  
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Explore hidden treasures of the Freemasons at Cedar Rapids Masonic Library

By Joe Coffey, The History Center  
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Saturday, August 15, 2020

Time Machine: Bruce Bucknell, the puppet master from Cedar Rapids

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, August 04, 2020

Time Machine: The Iowa prison camp that lasted 50 years in a state forest

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Time Machine: 'A Field of Dreams' revived Shoeless Joe Jackson's tarnished image

Diane Langton  
Thursday, July 23, 2020

If Linn County history had a playlist, these songs would be on it

By Joe Coffey, The History Center  
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Cedar Rapids' Motel Sepia was only Iowa motel for Black travelers listed in the 1954 Green Book

By Tara Templeman, The History Center  
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Time Machine: Reporter Gladys Arne floated the Mississippi on a johnboat before heading to NYC

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Same sculptor who created Iwo Jima statue in Arlington made one for Cedar Rapids

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Time machine: Cedar Rapids' first Black police officer was hired in 1890

Diane Langton  
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

History Happenings: 4-H marks nearly a century in Linn County

By Joe Coffey, The History Center  
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