A west-side Cedar Rapids park and the historic home across the street from it are part of the Chandler …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History Aug. 1, 2019 8:30 am2228d ago
The All-Iowa Fair — in all its iterations — was a staple of Gazette news pages for more than …
By Joe Coffey, The History Center
History Jul. 26, 2019 6:10 pm2233d ago
Smack-dab in the middle of Oak Hill Cemetery in southeast Cedar Rapids is the headstone for Byron H. McKeeby, a …
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News Jul. 19, 2019 7:45 am2241d ago
NASA’s moon landing photo archives for the Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969.
History Jul. 16, 2019 10:00 am2244d ago
It was a big deal on May 1, 1957, when Iowa native and Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller came …
History Jul. 11, 2019 9:30 am2249d ago
KCRG-TV aired its first broadcast Oct. 15, 1953, as KCRI, from a studio in the Miller Building at First Avenue …
History Jul. 8, 2019 9:00 am2252d ago
In 1927, Cedar Rapids had 22 parks covering 322 acres. The largest were Ellis and Bever, followed by Daniels, Riverside, …
Living Jul. 5, 2019 5:00 pm2254d ago
In 1950, Boy Scouts Commissioner Jack Whitaker from Kansas City, Mo., came up with the idea of creating miniature Statues …
News Jul. 3, 2019 8:32 am2257d ago
OXFORD – A party more than 150 years in the making is coming to Oxford this week. On July 4-6, …
History Jun. 22, 2019 10:52 am2268d ago
One of the oldest houses in Iowa is in Fayette in northeast Iowa, where it was home to the Kent …
History Jun. 15, 2019 10:23 am2275d ago
Visitors to the Iowa Masonic Library and Museums at 813 First Ave. SE walk between two large marble lions …
History Jun. 8, 2019 4:28 pm2281d ago
Although Rock Island passenger trains first came through Oelwein in 1877, the company that earned Oelwein its nickname as the …
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News Jun. 6, 2019 1:04 pm2283d ago
Seventy-five years ago today, on June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, …
Community Jun. 2, 2019 10:03 am2288d ago
Did anyone know that David Belgum was a socialist when he was mayor of University Heights, a city of about …
Living May. 18, 2019 11:41 am2303d ago
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the deadly explosion at the Douglas Starch Works in Cedar Rapids, we …