The Memorial Hall at 760 11th St. in Marion was the result of planning and seemingly endless fundraising by the …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History Jul. 14, 2013 7:00 am4536d 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 pm963d 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 am4550d 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 am4556d 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 am4564d 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 pm4569d 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 am4570d 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 am4571d 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 am4592d ago
When the Wapsie Valley Fair in Central City opened Sept. 10, 1889, for a three-day run, an Evening Gazette reporter …
History May. 12, 2013 7:34 pm4598d ago
Barthinius Larson Wick was recognized on the wintry streets of Cedar Rapids by his trademark fur hat. A 1949 Gazette …
History May. 5, 2013 8:07 pm4605d ago
The small, irregular houses built by Howard F. Moffitt and his partner, Ray Blakesley, in the early 20th century are …
History Apr. 28, 2013 8:14 pm4612d ago
[html1] There is a secluded cavern known as Minott’s Cave across from Palisades-Kepler State Park where one of the area’s …
History Apr. 21, 2013 8:30 pm4619d ago
When Danceland opened its doors for the first time Aug. 31, 1926, on the second floor of a building at …
History Apr. 14, 2013 8:41 pm4626d ago
The Cedar Rapids Business College was just a few years old when textbook author Samuel Goodyear bought it in 1879. …


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