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!
10 20 30 Years Ago In The Gazette
A collection of past items notes prices for eggs and livestock, a Cedar Rapids blizzard with six inches of snow and zero temperature, local society elections, and market prices for grains and hay. Notable obituaries and civic notes include Mrs. Charles Roy’s arm injury and the death of the fire department chief. Local markets list varied prices for wheat corn oats rye barley hay straw hens eggs hogs steers and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
C. W. Timberlake
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association
J. W. Pichner
Charles Jacobs
Frank Stastny
Joseph Ulch
L. Pazdernik
Joseph Busek
A. Langer
Frank Blazek
Cedar Valley
H. S. Wright
Madison Street
Minnie L. Webster
Women's Relief Corps
Tyler School