Four men roamed the Midwest in the late 1890s, thieving in Stanwood and Cedar Rapids, changing their names as often …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History May. 4, 2019 9:30 am2317d ago
When we think of steamboats sailing on Iowa rivers, we automatically think of the Mississippi, the Des Moines, the Big …
History Jan. 6, 2020 12:16 pm2070d ago
For those who like round numbers, this fact is comforting: Iowa once had 100 counties. Actually, twice. But only briefly. …
History Apr. 22, 2019 9:56 am2329d ago
The 125-year-old building at 313 Third Ave. SE was the favored gathering spot for Cedar Rapids artists and performers in …
News Apr. 22, 2019 10:15 am2329d ago
Linn County Deputy Sheriff William Serbousek had no idea what he was getting into when he pulled over a car …
History Apr. 22, 2019 10:25 am2329d ago
The new west-side fire station that opened in January 1909 was the first permanent building to be built and owned …
Community Mar. 16, 2019 10:39 pm2365d ago
More than 100 years ago, the biggest show in Cedar Rapids was a baseball series between the city’s best Irish …
History Mar. 10, 2019 2:15 pm2372d ago
Jacob Hardacre was a quiet, unassuming and well-liked man who amassed a fortune as a farmer and whose name, over …
History Mar. 6, 2019 2:42 pm2376d ago
The people who lived near Brush Creek in northeast Iowa knew it was a beautiful area, with a cold-water stream …
History Feb. 16, 2019 9:00 am2394d ago
Nina Gomer – who would grow up in Cedar Rapids and marry one of the most prominent black leaders of …
History Feb. 9, 2019 7:15 am2401d ago
(Second of two parts. Read Part 1 here.) Charles Perkins lived about five years in the palatial house he built …
Community Feb. 2, 2019 7:15 am2408d ago
(First of two parts) The Perkins house has been in the news lately, beginning with The Gazette’s mid-January story by …
History Jan. 21, 2019 9:29 am2420d ago
By 1930, William H. ‘Bill” Penfield had been a professional steeplejack for 20 years and had lived in and near …
History Dec. 29, 2018 12:00 pm2443d ago
A woman with a wonderful name – Jennie Iowa Berry – was a leading light in Cedar Rapids social circles …
History Dec. 23, 2018 6:06 pm2448d ago
When Russian composer Pyotor Tchaikovsky’s ballet, ‘The Nutcracker,” was first performed in St. Petersburg in 1892, it was considered an …