First Parochial School in Cedar Rapids Began in 1875
The Cedar Rapids parochial school system began with St. Joseph's Academy opened by the Sisters of Mercy in September 1875 at Third Avenue and Seventh Street SE. The history covers Immaculate Conception, St Patrick's and St Wenceslaus schools, their building histories, enrollments, and the growth of Mt. Mercy and surrounding parishes into a total parish-school enrollment of 1,944.
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Cedar Rapids
Park Avenue
van Buren Street
Third Avenue
Street
St. Joseph’s Academy
Seventh Street
Sisters of Mercy
Mary Borromeo Nash
Archdiocese of Dubuque
M. M. Hoffmann
Columbia College Press
Clement Lowery
Immaculate Conception
Caroline Hager
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Fourth Avenue SE
Msgr
J. J. Toomey
Msgr. Toomey
St. Patrick’s School
Father Hoffmann
St. Patrick’s
Father Sullivan
Sisters of Charity
Dubuque
Lenihan
St. Patrick's
St. Wenceslaus
August Vojacek
St. Wenceslaus Rish
Francis Kopecky
Bohemian Parish
United States
St. Ludmila’s
Florian Svrdlik
Father Svidlik
Frank R. Hruby
St. Matthew’s Parochial School
Mt. Mercy High School
Sacred Heart Academy
Mt. Mercy Junior College
the Gazette
Trinity Lutheran Parish School
Trinity
Fourth Avenue
Sixth Street
William J. Kirchoff
Elfred Bloedel
Leonore Bek
Mt. Mercy At College
Wrights
Adams Street
Third Street
Adams School
Fifth Avenue
C. F. Clark
E. J. Larimer
Wright Brothers Toy Sparked Cedar Rapids Aviation
Loyal Meek recounts how a cork and bamboo helicopter toy explored by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Cedar Rapids and Adams street planted ideas that led to their first powered flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. The piece notes early experiments, family moves to Richmond, and Wilbur’s death in 1912 with Orville living in Dayton.
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Loyal Meek
Cedar Rapids
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
Milton Wright
Wright Brothers
Orville
Richmond
Ind
Dayton
Ohio
First Linn County Store Opened 1838 at Bertram
Albert Henry opened Linn county’s first store in 1838 at Bertram then called Westport. The county’s first election was held there with 32 votes cast for Territorial legislature representatives. Some voters traveled long distances by horse and wagon to reach the polls.
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Albert Henry
Linn County
Bertram
Westport
Iowa milestones from exploration to statehood
Timeline of Iowa history from 1673 exploration by Marquette and Joliet through 1867 railroad completion. Includes territorial shifts, key settlements, Fort Armstrong and Des Moines developments, and statehood in 1846 with Ansel Briggs as first governor.
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Iowa
Marquette
Joliet
Louisiana
France
Spain
Julien Dubuque
Jean Faribault
coutSincersan
Napoleon
Indiana Territory
Isiana
Missouri
Rock Island
Lee County
Michigan Territory
Wisconsin Territory
Burlington
Robert Lucas
Ohio
Iowa City
Ansel Briggs
Jackson County
Fort Des Moines
Davenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids aviation progress at municipal airport and Hunter field
Cedar Rapids sees rapid aviation growth from hobbyist Hawk Eye Aeroneers to a modern municipal airport south of the city. Pilot reports praise the 5450 foot runway, with $325000 total project cost and $1.5 million government support, while hangars are slated and two airlines seek service. Hunter field, established 1921, evolved from a single plane port to 45 to 50 planes, once served United Airlines, and hosted Air Crew training during World War II at Coe College.
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Kitty Hawk
Wright Brothers
Cedar Rapids
William Norris
Hunter Field
United Airlines
Hunterfield
Coe College
Midwest
First Iowa paper Dubuque Visitor 1836 May 11
The Dubuque Visitor began publication on May 11 1836 marking Iowa’s first newspaper. It was the earliest paper printed west of the Mississippi and north of the region, establishing a notable Westward press milestone.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Mississippi
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St. Ludmila’s School
Wright Bros
Hladky’s
Salion
HILEX
Pioneer
Hladky's Grocery
DIAL
Gorton
Wood Box
Derby
Pike
Lewis and Clark
Louisiana Territory
St. Louis
Fort Madi
Hawkeye Aeroneers Model Airplane Club
Collins Radio Company Research Laboratory
Civil Aeronautics Begrn
California
Elberta
Lee
Lug
Third Avenue SE
Tittle Brothers
Tittle's
Rudolph Konigs
Howard Whalen
Mark
Edith Portzline
A. R. "Slim" Cornelius Manager
1 Brothers Packing Company
Gary
Indiana
Second Street
Miller
Frank Cisler, Jr
Cisier
A. R. Cornelius
Tittle’s
Cornelius
Slim
Tittle Bros
Tittle Boos
Zvager’s
Yager's
Yager’s
Middle West
Saaged
New Shades
Coats
Suede
Zelan
Uisual
Exra
Lthino
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