The Oneota Indians were the ancestors of the Ioway, Oto, Winnebago and Missouri tribes in Iowa. Little is known of …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
News Sep. 5, 2017 9:15 am3022d ago
In 1890, a fast-growing Indiana company, Flint & Walling, opened a distribution center for its popular Star Wind Mills in …
History Aug. 27, 2017 5:50 pm3031d ago
Rosie and Jim Brislawn opened a roller skating rink in Prairieburg in the early 1950s. It was built on the …
History Aug. 20, 2017 1:13 pm3038d ago
Total solar eclipses happen almost every year, but the shadows often fall on the ocean or less populated areas of …
History Aug. 13, 2017 11:04 am3045d ago
Jane Boyd, a ‘modern saint” who left her mark on Cedar Rapids and on the lives of countless women and …
History Aug. 7, 2017 6:08 pm3051d ago
Tomas G. Masaryk – the first president of Czechoslovakia – and his family had a long, personal connection to Cedar …
History Jul. 30, 2017 2:05 pm3059d ago
A widely traveled business man in 1887 described Cedar Rapids this way: ‘There is a freshness, a vivacity, a newness …
Living Jul. 23, 2017 9:05 pm3066d ago
Stories swirl around the Black Angel in Iowa City’s Oakland Cemetery, most of them based more in fantasy than fact. …
News Jul. 20, 2017 3:58 pm3069d ago
Margaret Lucile Granger was the middle child in the home of Earl and Dora Granger of Marion. Her father indulged …
Living Jul. 10, 2017 4:03 pm3079d ago
John J. Mead was distribution superintendent for the Cedar Rapids Gas Light Co. in 1913 when he decided to build …
History Jul. 4, 2017 3:06 pm3085d ago
Iowa’s early settlers often celebrated Independence Day with fireworks. Marion’s 1865 festivities included a picnic, speakers, war dances by local …
News Jul. 4, 2017 3:02 pm3085d ago
Bits of information about famous people were as popular in the 1890s as they are now. An item about Antonin …
News Jun. 26, 2017 1:34 pm3093d ago
The tiny building at 416 Third St. SE in downtown Cedar Rapids has survived the urban renewal and development that …
Living Jun. 19, 2017 8:10 am3100d ago
The story of Cedar Rapids’ connection to a gold mine in Keystone, S.D., begins with two people: Dr. Charles F. …
By Mark Dukes, correspondent
History Jun. 19, 2017 1:11 pm3100d ago
Editor’s note: This is a continuing series of Eastern Iowa sports history ‘Time Machine’ articles. Mark Dukes worked at The …

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