Author Marjorie Medary graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon in 1912.
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Author Marjorie Medary graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon in 1912.
Did you know these three things were invented in Iowa?
Father Flynn became a prolific columnist for The Cedar Rapids Gazette and its rival, the Cedar Rapids Republican.
A barn near West Branch would eventually become part of the national historic site honoring Herbert Hoover, the only U.S. president born in Iowa.
These four scientists studied Iowa’s flora, preserved prairie, and drafted legislation to establish Iowa’s state park system.
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C.R. hotel once was described as ‘one of the two largest motor hotels in Iowa’
Cemeteries reveal rich history, including star-crossed lovers
It opened in 1968, named for Community House director
More than a century ago, a Civil War cannon proudly sat in Greene Square in Cedar Rapids. Today, the park is cannon-less and Scott Huffman of Cedar Rapids wants to know where the cannon went.
Iowa artist didn’t care for the painting, but many other people did
Iowan brought home 14 U.S., British POWs after World War I
Iowa poet also wrote letters to children from Peter Pan, toured war-torn Europe
Dancing, music, ‘cocoanuts’ marked the holiday in Linn County
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