CEDAR RAPIDS — Frank J. Mittvalsky, a native of Czechoslovakia, came to Cedar Rapids in 1870 and opened his butcher …
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Iowa’s community colleges got their start with a 1961 legislative resolution, directing the Department of Public Instruction ‘to study and …
Czechoslovakia native Libuse ‘Lila’ Hrdonkova met Leonard E. Cloud in 1945 when he was stationed with the U.S. Army’s 8th …
The University of Iowa was expecting a major growth in student population in the mid-1960s. Two projects — Rienow Hall …
In 1957, the die was cast in favor of a new reservoir near Coralville created by damming the Iowa River. …
In 1916, Memorial Day was commonly known as Decoration Day, which was established after the Civil War. On that day, …
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids’ water system in 1920 involved pumping water from the water works plant beside the Cedar …
JONES COUNTY – Edmond Booth arrived in Jones County in 1839, long before Grant Wood was born among the rolling …
LINN COUNTY — The little church stood between Palo and Covington, northwest of Cedar Rapids, near the Linn County line, …
CEDAR RAPIDS – Agricultural implement maker Stoddard Manufacturing of Dayton, Ohio, wanted to build a distribution facility on the west …
MUSCATINE — Alexander Clark opened a barbershop after he arrived in Muscatine in 1842. He was 16. Born in Pennsylvania …
CEDAR RAPIDS — A corner lot at Third Avenue and Third Street in downtown Cedar Rapids changed hands from the …
JOHNSON COUNTY – Josef Coufal, a native of Bohemia, arrived in a river bottom area of the Iowa River in …
JOHNSON COUNTY – The stately Johnson County Courthouse will reach its 115th anniversary this year, but it wasn’t the county’s …
CEDAR RAPIDS – Calvin Bard of Benton Harbor, Mich., was a veteran of the motion picture business. He had a …
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