Jim McGuire had 11 years of experience wearing a Santa suit when he was interviewed by The Gazette in 1962. …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
News Dec. 19, 2016 5:00 am3198d ago
When the residents of Clayton County’s Garnavillo township decided they wanted a church of their own, they conferred with their …
News Dec. 12, 2016 5:00 am3205d ago
No one knew why the Civil War cannon ended up in a railroad auction of unclaimed freight at Prairie du …
News Dec. 5, 2016 6:00 am3212d ago
The little red brick building on Robinson Street, later Second Street, in Coralville went through a number of incarnations before …
History Nov. 26, 2016 6:00 pm3220d ago
Grant Wood did not consider any of his works to be satire – except one. When he painted ‘Daughters of …
News Nov. 21, 2016 5:00 am3226d ago
Some historians say that William Abbe was the first settler in Linn County in 1837. It is certain he was …
News Nov. 14, 2016 5:00 am3233d ago
Robert Manatt, a Pennsylvania farmer, brought his family west to Poweshiek County in 1846, just as Iowa was becoming a …
News Nov. 5, 2016 12:54 pm3242d ago
Paul Shaw started working in Cedar Rapids as an automobile mechanic in 1919 at W.H. Morse & Co., a dealer …
News Oct. 31, 2016 6:00 am3247d ago
Twin clubs began springing up in Eastern Iowa in the 1950s and ’60s. The first to organize was the Hawkeye …
News Oct. 24, 2016 1:00 am3254d ago
McGregor residents were the first to see the Ringling Brothers’ passion for circus showmanship. It was in Walton Hollow (now …
News Oct. 17, 2016 6:00 am3261d ago
For centuries, the sandbars in the Cedar River drifted and flowed with the river current. Then, in the late 1800s, …
News Oct. 10, 2016 6:00 am3268d ago
Anyone standing on the bluff at Eagle Point near Dubuque in the late 19th century saw a wealth of riverboat …
News Oct. 3, 2016 6:00 am3275d ago
Frank Nesetril was born in 1875 in Johnson County and grew up on a farm near Shueyville. He was one …
History Sep. 26, 2016 5:00 am3282d ago
In the first half of the 20th century, newsboys would be on city street corners hawking the local newspaper. The …
News Sep. 19, 2016 5:00 am3289d ago
Joe Louis, the ‘Brown Bomber,’ held the world heavyweight boxing championship for 12 years before losing to Ezzard Charles in …