Articles Tagged: The History Center

Central City marched in Cedar Rapids; do you know the year?

Purchase price: $47

Baseball fans raised $7,000 during the Depression to install lights

10 chartered buses took people around the city

Modern technology delivers historic nuggets

Consul couldn’t entertain Cedar Rapids audience in 1910

Stories on why the railing is there, the ‘bucket of blood gym,’ the art collection

Extension was designed in 1985 to allow decorations

Philanthropist shares $335,000 with The History Center for award-winning project

Activities for kids, adults on list of events

How a sandy island was used to unify two sides of Cedar Rapids.

Gazette photographers posed for a picture in 1951

Service started Fourth of July 1904 in Cedar Rapids

Small display case reveals some gems

Local leaders from the Black, religious, and historical communities helped create a permanent archive of 28 unmarked graves of black Iowans in Oak Hill Cemetery in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday.