This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ushers Ferry Pioneer Days Returns With Historic Demonstrations
Ushers Ferry hosts the third Pioneer Days event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with demonstrations in buttermaking, woodworking, ropemaking, weaving, blacksmithing and more. Special woodstove cooking, herb cooking talks, live folk music, spelling bees, spinning and a saloon brawl reenactment highlight the day. Admission is 1 per adult, children under 12 free. The Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps placed seventh at Drum Corps International finals in Buffalo with 72.8 points, returning to Cedar Rapids after a parade there.
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Ushers Ferry
Old Threshers
Virginia Hughes
Bill Hughes
Peter Devine
Foggy Mountain Cloggers
Heart Spun Spinners
Mike O'Leary
Corral
Marilyn Lee
Marion
Telephone Pioneer
Iowa Conservation Corps
Emerald Knights
Cedar Rapids
Rich Stadium
Buffalo
N.Y
Knights
Knight Command
Quad Cities
Academie Musicale
Sherbrook
Quebec
Doug Decker