Articles Tagged: Tara Templeman

Peddling dry goods and household items was an excellent way for Lebanese immigrants to earn money and practice their English, starting in the 1890s,

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.

Piece of History: Grant Vocational High School operated in Cedar Rapids from 1915 to 1923.

Marion man delivered Massachusetts bird in 1949

In the 1950s, escalators arrived from Germany for the new Armstrong’s department store in downtown Cedar Rapids. But, because of a union agreement, they had to be disassembled and put back together by local workers.

Circular steel door at Peoples Savings Bank weighed 25 tons