Articles Tagged: Time Machine

He visited Burlington, Council Bluffs before becoming nation’s 16th president

Iowa’s largest five-and-dime store was in C.R. before closing after Christmas 1986.

Sir Henry ‘Harry’ Lauder, a former coal miner, appeared Dec. 27, 1922

‘Happy little ear of corn’ has been entertaining children in Cedar Rapids since 1952

Plant operated on Cedar River from 1917 to 1970s Cedar Rapids Electric Light and Power began offering electricity in Eastern …

‘Gazzy,’ born in 1941, was named for The Gazette

Order of Railway Conductors operated downtown for almost a century, from 1878 to 1968

TIME MACHINE: Kansan preached Prohibition to thousands

The Gazette hired Cyrus Fosmire to produce cartoons and drawings for publication with Gazette stories. His first day on the job, and the first day his name was included in the masthead as “Illustrator,” was Jan. 1, 1896, when he was 20 years old.

Rise Stevens brought her voice and elegance to the state in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s

LaVelda and LaVona Rowe started twin club at the University of Iowa and were a hit in Chicago and on TV shows,

Norwegian King Olav and his family developed a soft spot for Decorah, and it was reciprocated in repeated visits by the royal family.

Quad Cities’ plant opened 2 years before Duane Arnold, narrowly avoided shutdown in 2018

TIME MACHINE: First Avenue film venue went from swanky to sleazy.

A loft apartment with amenities like no other would have been a treat for its occupants