In 1911, the American Automobile Association, organized in 1902, urged national legislation for a transcontinental highway. One of AAA’s members …
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A river man for 38 years, Charles L. Petersen worked for the famous Diamond Jo Line out of Dubuque from …
The El Kahir Shrine building committee took the first step to build a new temple in 1926 when Chairman James …
Clam shell gatherers were the front line in the booming pearl button business in 1897. Congress that year approved a …
Every summer since the 1870s, the Czech community in Cedar Rapids has supported a native language school. In the beginning, …
President Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1933 included a program called the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, to hire unemployed young …
The Christian Magnus Eagle Brewery and Bottling Works put out 25,000 barrels of 4.5 percent beer when it was in …
Spectators were fascinated by the installation of the $5,000 merry-go-round and Ferris wheel at the new 18-acre Alamo Amusement Park …
Springville´s Revolutionary War connection The Honorable Horace Nathan Brown contracted with Krebs Bros. in 1886 to create a monument for …
When the Minneapolis-St. Louis Rock Island Rocket No. 190 pulled out of the Rock Island Depot shortly after 10 p.m. …
Rotary in Cedar Rapids officially marks its 100th year in April. It began with 18 men meeting at the Montrose …
The old Davis Hotel, a long, narrow building on the corner of Washington and Gilbert streets in downtown Iowa City, …
Isaac Carroll brought his family from Hamilton, Canada, in 1839 to become one of Eastern Iowa’s pioneers. When the Carrolls …
On the cold, wintry nights surrounding Christmas 1913, passengers on the Milwaukee train pulling into the grand Union Station in …
Each time you see the federal tax deduction on your paycheck, think of tax economist and Cedar Rapids native Beardsley …
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