A woman with a wonderful name – Jennie Iowa Berry – was a leading light in Cedar Rapids social circles …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History Dec. 23, 2018 6:06 pm2463d ago
When Russian composer Pyotor Tchaikovsky’s ballet, ‘The Nutcracker,” was first performed in St. Petersburg in 1892, it was considered an …
Community Dec. 14, 2018 5:50 pm2472d ago
As the Winter Olympics were winding down in Switzerland in 1928, Cedar Rapids held its first Ice Carnival sponsored by …
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Living Dec. 9, 2018 6:45 am2478d ago
It’s been 40 years since a Georgia art student turned a talent for soft sculpture into a nationwide craze. Xavier …
History Nov. 20, 2018 9:12 am2497d ago
A temporary tabernacle on May’s Island hosted a communitywide Thanksgiving celebration in Cedar Rapids in 1914 – a celebration that …
History Mar. 26, 2024 9:35 am544d ago
As we take note of Veterans Day, once called Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I, you …
History Nov. 4, 2018 1:52 pm2512d ago
News of the end of the War to End All Wars spread like wildfire 100 years ago, on Nov. 7, …
Community Oct. 21, 2018 7:00 am2527d ago
What does picking corn have to do with politics? Quite a bit, at least on Oct. 17, 1958, when both …
History Oct. 15, 2018 9:00 am2533d ago
In 1897, Company C of the Iowa National Guard in Cedar Rapids raised $1,000 to attend President McKinley’s inauguration. But …
History Oct. 8, 2018 8:00 am2540d ago
Ansel Briggs was 40 years old when he became the first governor of the new state of Iowa on Dec. …
History Sep. 24, 2018 9:00 am2554d ago
The unmarried members of the Coe College faculty organized an informal club in fall of 1920. They planned to have …
History Sep. 17, 2018 8:00 am2561d ago
As in every pioneer community across the country, a burial ground was one of the first areas set aside in …
History Sep. 10, 2018 9:00 am2568d ago
This story starts with William Coblenz, a government worker in Washington, D.C., who visited the National Archives during a lunch …
History Aug. 27, 2018 9:00 am2582d ago
The Fort Atkinson State Preserve in Winneshiek County contains the remnants of a frontier Army post established in northeast Iowa …
History Aug. 19, 2018 9:56 am2590d ago
Mildred Lenore Weenink, who would become a well-known Iowa artist and arts advocate, was 2 years old in 1891 when …