A small community called Hiawatha Junction formed outside the Cedar Rapids city limits in the 1940s. A mile north of …
Articles Tagged: Time Machine
History Jun. 4, 2020 12:14 am
Charles Treger was born in Iowa City in 1935 and started playing a violin at age 7. He began taking …
History May. 20, 2020 11:00 am
Merle H. Collins of Kingfisher, Okla., brought industrial farming to Iowa, using advanced methods of crop rotation and fertilization to …
History May. 14, 2020 11:00 am
Lawrence Welk, one of the nation’s foremost band leaders and early TV personalities, brought his ‘champagne music” to Cedar Rapids …
History May. 7, 2020 8:30 am
At the turn of the 20th century, a vaccine had been developed for smallpox, a virus that killed millions in …
History Apr. 30, 2020 9:00 am
The Yukon love story of Mary Emily Fellows of Montour and Ely Ebenezer Weare of Cedar Rapids was reported across …
History Apr. 16, 2020 11:00 am
The Gazette’s page 1 headline on Jan. 2, 1917, said: ‘New Year Gift to Cedar Rapids.” The ‘gift” was that …
History Apr. 1, 2020 11:00 am
Getting across the Fourth Street tracks in Cedar Rapids is easier now than it was when there were a half …
History Apr. 7, 2020 10:20 pm
It was in 1904 that the St. Wenceslaus Catholic parish, established in 1874 in Cedar Rapids, decided to build a …
News Mar. 20, 2020 9:47 am
Two University of Iowa professors, both of them medical doctors, mounted an effort in 1957 to learn more about the …
History Mar. 13, 2020 11:17 pm
The wading pool at Shawnee Park in northwest Cedar Rapids was filled for the last time in 2000. Its spray …
History Mar. 4, 2020 7:00 am
Cornell College was founded in 1853. In 1882, a large stone chapel was opened on the Mount Vernon campus, with …
Energy Feb. 25, 2020 10:00 am
Duane J. Arnold, who would become the namesake for a nuclear power plant in Eastern Iowa, grew up liking to …
History Feb. 11, 2020 10:00 am
Kate Daum – who has a University of Iowa residence hall named in her honor – was 9 years old …
News Feb. 5, 2020 9:00 am
Deer in Iowa were hunted almost to extinction in the 1800s, and Iowa lawmakers in 1898 banned the hunting of …