Articles Tagged: The History Center

When the game got underway, no one among the 2,670 fans in attendance could have imagined what was going to happen before halftime.

Modeled after the famed Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming, Cedar Rapids aimed to rival the original.

The ad trumpets the 10th anniversary of Garnet’s Sandwich Shop, which was located at 715 Second Ave. SE, in what is now Midtown Station.

Mancil “Manny” Root is reported as being anywhere between 9 and 11 at the time of his enlistment in the Union Army.

Cemeteries reveal rich history, including star-crossed lovers

It opened in 1968, named for Community House director

Dancing, music, ‘cocoanuts’ marked the holiday in Linn County

Grant Wood & friends were seriously kind to lecturers in Iowa City

Cedar Rapids mansion’s owner hanged himself in attic in 1919

Clairvoyant, Chili Bowl once next door to old Cedar Rapids Public Library

History Center offers tidbits on social media platforms

A wrong number; a ‘love bandit’; a happy ending

Even rain on Saturday didn’t cut into crowds

1902 report tells of fights, ‘dope fiends,’ birds and beasts on the Levee

... the ‘town’ of Cedar Rapids was founded