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Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History Aug. 19, 2013 6:04 pm4403d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — As long as there is water and hot weather, young people found a way to stay cool. …
History Aug. 12, 2013 5:39 pm4410d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A fountain sits in the far corner of Redmond Park with just its circular top showing above …
History Aug. 5, 2013 5:10 pm4417d ago
The history of Cedar Rapids has centered around the log cabin of Osgood Shepherd, believed to have been erected near …
History Jul. 29, 2013 8:35 am4424d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — After several years of complaints from residents about the mess in the city’s streets from farmers’ wagons, …
History Jul. 21, 2013 3:32 pm4432d ago
The Memorial Hall at 760 11th St. in Marion was the result of planning and seemingly endless fundraising by the …
History Jul. 14, 2013 7:00 am4439d ago
MARION — If the Armar Ballroom looked similar to an airplane hangar, it’s because it was. Patrons who walked into …
History Apr. 25, 2023 2:22 pm867d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Getting from one place to another in a city is a primary concern to its residents. First …
News Jun. 30, 2013 7:00 am4453d ago
Before Meredith Willson hit it big with “The Music Man,” Iowa already was represented on Broadway and in Hollywood by …
History Jun. 24, 2013 6:00 am4459d ago
An excursion boat designed to sail on the Cedar River should be made of cedar, and the Kapa Ann was. …
History Jun. 16, 2013 6:15 am4467d ago
The door between the bank and the theater opened onto a food related business more often than anything else. As …
History Jun. 10, 2013 2:22 pm4473d ago
Just as Osgood Shepherd is credited with building the first cabin on the east side of the Red Cedar River, …
History Jun. 9, 2013 11:44 am4474d ago
Although Iowa City was recognized as being more open and liberal about accepting gays, Cedar Rapids in a 1984 Gazette …
History Jun. 8, 2013 11:34 am4475d ago
The struggle for equal rights among gays and lesbians began as far back as the 1920s in other parts of …
History May. 19, 2013 7:55 am4495d ago
When the Wapsie Valley Fair in Central City opened Sept. 10, 1889, for a three-day run, an Evening Gazette reporter …