In 1839, militias in Iowa and Missouri squared off over where the state line should be between the two states. …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
By Joe Coffey, The History Center
History Feb. 24, 2021 3:59 pm1702d ago
Long before postcards were relegated to reminders of dental checkup and oil changes, they delivered well wishes and news of …
By Tara Templeman, The History Center
History Feb. 23, 2021 6:00 am1703d ago
This month’s ‘Piece of History” is a picture taken June 6, 1957, of big band leader Duke Ellington talking to …
History Feb. 25, 2021 12:29 am1702d ago
Dr. Andrew Jay Hankins is retired now. He lives in the Detroit area, but for four years, from 1961 to …
Living Feb. 9, 2021 7:30 am1717d ago
A marriage of 66 years seems a worthy topic to write about on Valentine’s Day. I started researching a column …
History Feb. 2, 2021 8:30 am1724d ago
When the 18th Amendment outlawing the manufacture and sale of liquor was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, it …
By Joe Coffey, The History Center
History Jan. 29, 2021 10:33 pm1728d ago
Just as older generations tried to save American youth from the dangers of the lambada and the twist, even-older generations …
By Tara Templeman, The History Center
History Jan. 29, 2021 10:35 pm1728d ago
Edwin Bruns taught a variety of courses at the Cedar Rapids YWCA in the 1960s, including ones in oil painting …
History Jan. 19, 2021 8:30 am1738d ago
Charles E. Fawcett – who would become a successful Cedar Rapids businessmen – moved to the city from Benton County …
History Jan. 19, 2021 6:30 am1738d ago
Images of the violent Jan. 6 incursion of the U.S. Capitol, in which five people died, evoked recollections of previous …
History Jan. 12, 2021 10:55 pm1745d ago
Dr. Emma Jewel Neal knew, ‘from the time I knew anything,” that she was going to be a doctor. ‘My …
History Jan. 6, 2021 11:29 pm1751d ago
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a 729-foot freighter plying the Great Lakes for 17 years before it sank Nov. 10, …
Education Dec. 29, 2020 9:54 am1759d ago
Alice Carey Inskeep, who would have a deep and lasting impact on music education in Cedar Rapids, was born in …
By Tara Templeman, The History Center
History Dec. 22, 2020 9:00 am1766d ago
Linn County’s first courthouse was built in Marion in 1842 and replaced with another courthouse in Marion in 1855. As …
By Joe Coffey, The History Center
History Dec. 22, 2020 9:58 am1766d ago
Ever heard of Alexander Lippisch? He was an inventor and aeronautical engineer and might be one of the most significant …

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