Articles Tagged: Time Machine

Alice Carey Inskeep, who would have a deep and lasting impact on music education in Cedar Rapids, was born in …

Linn County’s first courthouse was built in Marion in 1842 and replaced with another courthouse in Marion in 1855. As …

Ever heard of Alexander Lippisch? He was an inventor and aeronautical engineer and might be one of the most significant …

The Killian Co. department store was a fixture in downtown Cedar Rapids from the time it opened in 1911 until …

Christmas trees were first sold commercially in the United States in the 1850s. The trees were chopped down in forests …

Marion cabdriver Mary Snyder grew up in Cedar Rapids and loved to tell about her kindergarten days at Jackson Elementary …

By the 1890s, advances in technology had made bicycles safer, lighter and faster. Cedar Rapids residents saw the proof in …

Of all the piano-playing couples throughout the history of pianos and couples, perhaps the best couple to ever play together …

Iowa’s first territorial Thanksgiving is generally believed to have been proclaimed by Gov. Robert Lucas, who served from 1838 to …

The story behind the Belmont Hill mansion in northwest Cedar Rapids goes back to 1882, when Philip Andrew Wolff bought …

The Riverside Roundhouse, a popular open-air market and community center in Czech Village, opened in 1963, bringing crowds of people …

Breakfast time around the world changed dramatically after an Iowa native, Charles Perkins Strite, invented the pop-up toaster. An early …

In 1880, the largest showbiz industry in the world, the American circus, left quite an impression on Cedar Rapids – …

One of the more popular ghost stories in Linn County concerns Hazel McGrew. The story goes that Hazel’s ghost appeared …

Twenty-five years ago, on Oct. 21, 1995, three presidents – U.S. President Bill Clinton, Czech President Vaclav Havel and Slovak …