Time Machine: After Herbert Richard Wright became a lawyer, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as U.S. consul to Honduras and later to Venezuela.
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History Feb. 1, 2022 6:00 am1359d ago
TIME MACHINE: Refused use of a hall by the DAR in 1939, Anderson sang from steps of Lincoln Memorial before 75,000 people.
History Jan. 18, 2022 6:00 am1373d ago
Cedar Rapids company specialized in printing rare, limited edition books after 1905 founding.
History Jan. 11, 2022 7:47 am1379d ago
Edgar Bergen dropped into a meeting in Cedar Rapids in1963 and used his hand to demonstrate his ventriloquism talent. Donations spiked 23 percent after his talk.
History Dec. 14, 2021 7:59 am1407d ago
Figures still on display in Algona every December
History Dec. 7, 2021 6:00 am1415d ago
State went slightly bonkers in 1956 after bowl invite
History Nov. 30, 2021 1:26 pm1421d ago
Charles Hollenbeck sold the land -- a popular picnicking spot -- to two men, who created a modern “park-like” cemetery, Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
History Nov. 16, 2021 6:00 am1436d ago
Two men — an immigrant and a dentist — provided 30 years of free Thanksgiving dinners in Cedar Rapids
History Nov. 9, 2021 9:27 am1442d ago
At a time when Blacks were not welcome in Midwest hotels, James Weldon Johnson was welcomed into the Van Vechten Shaffer home in Cedar Rapids.
History Nov. 2, 2021 6:00 am1450d ago
The owner of a Cedar Rapids office supply store saved a steam locomotive from the scrap yard and brought it to Cedar Rapids.
History Oct. 19, 2021 6:00 am1464d ago
Famous for his cloud paintings, he moved indoors
History Oct. 12, 2021 1:33 pm1470d ago
The Capitol Theater opened in 1928, but six months later the lettering on its sign was changed to Paramount.
History Sep. 28, 2021 6:00 am1485d ago
“Satchmo” played on Quad Cities riverboat, then appeared in concert at numerous Eastern Iowa venues
History Sep. 14, 2021 1:31 pm1498d ago
One troupe operated next door to the swimming pool in the basement of the Roosevelt Hotel
History Sep. 11, 2021 7:38 am1501d ago
Hours after the terrorist attacks, Gazette journalists worked quickly to produce a four-page breaking edition of the paper to get to readers that same day.