Articles Tagged: Time Machine

Iowa’s early settlers often celebrated Independence Day with fireworks. Marion’s 1865 festivities included a picnic, speakers, war dances by local …

Bits of information about famous people were as popular in the 1890s as they are now. An item about Antonin …

The tiny building at 416 Third St. SE in downtown Cedar Rapids has survived the urban renewal and development that …

The story of Cedar Rapids’ connection to a gold mine in Keystone, S.D., begins with two people: Dr. Charles F. …

Editor’s note: This is a continuing series of Eastern Iowa sports history ‘Time Machine’ articles. Mark Dukes worked at The …

The palatial mansion of George Washington Matsell overlooked the Wapsipinicon River for more than a century. Matsell, a large, amiable …

‘Pageantry, music, color and beauty will blend into a harmonious backdrop for the formal launching of the new municipal swimming …

One of the premier arts venues in Marion started its 123-year-old life as a hardware store. It all started when …

The first commercial passenger airline service in Cedar Rapids began July 17, 1936. Along with the celebration of the service …

Maurice S. Sheehy – friend of presidents and football coaches, beloved parish priest and Vatican insider, best-selling author and world …

From 1950 to 1952, as the United States ramped up military spending for the Korean War and President Harry Truman …

When Army Col. George Frederick Ney Dailey was assigned to the University of Iowa’s Department of Military Science and Tactics …

In 1953, there were two places in the country where wooden bowling pins could be reconditioned and repaired. One was …

January is marked by post-holiday ennui, but January 1923 was livened up a bit in Cedar Rapids by the arrival …

James Lorenzo ‘Ren’ Bever Jr. was born in 1874 in the family home at Iowa Avenue and Madison Street in …