What does picking corn have to do with politics? Quite a bit, at least on Oct. 17, 1958, when both …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History Oct. 15, 2018 9:00 am2617d ago
In 1897, Company C of the Iowa National Guard in Cedar Rapids raised $1,000 to attend President McKinley’s inauguration. But …
History Oct. 8, 2018 8:00 am2624d ago
Ansel Briggs was 40 years old when he became the first governor of the new state of Iowa on Dec. …
History Sep. 24, 2018 9:00 am2638d ago
The unmarried members of the Coe College faculty organized an informal club in fall of 1920. They planned to have …
History Sep. 17, 2018 8:00 am2645d ago
As in every pioneer community across the country, a burial ground was one of the first areas set aside in …
History Sep. 10, 2018 9:00 am2652d ago
This story starts with William Coblenz, a government worker in Washington, D.C., who visited the National Archives during a lunch …
History Aug. 27, 2018 9:00 am2666d ago
The Fort Atkinson State Preserve in Winneshiek County contains the remnants of a frontier Army post established in northeast Iowa …
History Aug. 19, 2018 9:56 am2674d ago
Mildred Lenore Weenink, who would become a well-known Iowa artist and arts advocate, was 2 years old in 1891 when …
History Aug. 13, 2018 9:00 am2680d ago
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, formed in 1918, is marking its 100th year as a promoter of economic and …
History Aug. 6, 2018 9:00 am2687d ago
Among the many accomplishments of the former Republican Iowa Gov. Robert Ray, who died July 8 at age 89, was …
History Jul. 23, 2018 9:00 am2701d ago
In 1870, a new icehouse went up on the east bank of the Cedar River between Washington (Second) and Commercial …
History Jul. 16, 2018 9:00 am2708d ago
Frank Hormel was Cedar Rapids mayor for one year in the 1880s and built a beautiful brick home at 1420 …
History Jul. 9, 2018 9:00 am2715d ago
Immigration struggles are nothing new. Take the case of Fred Abdnour, born in Syria in 1923, and 8 years old …
Community Jun. 24, 2018 8:30 am2730d ago
Philip and Hellen ‘Ella’ Wilder Wieting, a pair of Worcester, N.Y., newlyweds, moved to Toledo, the county seat of Tama …
News Jun. 16, 2018 12:00 pm2738d ago
The property at 419 Second Ave. SE, long known as the Coffits Building, has housed the Hall Bicycle Shop since …

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