Mayor portraits find new home in Cedar Rapids council area
Portraits of Cedar Rapids mayors are being reframed in sets of four and will hang in the lobby-adjacent room near City Council chambers. The collection covers 51 leaders, excluding Cedar Rapids’ first mayor, Martin Barber, with plans to paint future portraits for Larry Serbousek and Lee Clancey.
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Cedar Rapids
John Fitzpatrick
Visual Arts Commission
Martin Barber
Larry Serbousek
Lee Clancey
Fitzpatrick
Council
Iowa Council of Government
Ralph Russell
Howard R. Green Engineering
Clancey
Roger Stokes
Usda Rural Development
Stokes
Vinton Depots Restored And A Murder Mystery Remains
Rich describes the Benton County Historical Society restoration of Vinton’s depot, now on the National Register and open during farmers market hours. The piece links the depot to Myrtle Cook’s 1925 murder tied to Prohibition era KKK activity, and then visits the Ellis mansion turned bed and breakfast with murder mystery dinners.
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Benton County Historical Society
Vinton
Rich
Hawk- Bilt
Historical Society
Myrtle Cook
Ellis
Second Avenue
William Ellis
Rachel
Richard Waterbury
Lion & the Lamb
Waterburys
John W. Tobin
Tobin
KKK
Cook
Black Cross
Klan
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Myrtle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Iowa Living Roadways Visioning Program Aims at Small Towns
A meeting Tuesday in Williamsburg will discuss a program by Iowa State University Extension Landscape Architecture and Trees Forever. The initiative helps towns under 10 000 develop concept plans for transportation corridors and community landscape. Applications are due March 14 and can be requested from Trees Forever at 1 800 369 1269. Since 1996 forty five Iowa communities have joined the program.
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Williamsburg
Iowa
Iowa State University Extension Landscape Architecture
Trees Forever
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Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Sam Granato
Tony Hlas
Veterans Memorial Building
Haas
S. Cedar Rapids
American Concrete Association
76Th Avenue
Bowling Street
C Street
Marion
Fifth Avenue
17Th Street
Linn County
Marion Tree Board
John Nieland
Walter Cram
Metro and
Pam Hinman
Dick Hogan
Cindy Hadish
Frank Gluck
Dave Rasdal
Burlington Northern and
Rock Island Railroad
Daver
GazetteOnline
P, Ole
Lyrener
Ar Pvg
Odie Wee
Hes
Egypt
Ellis Mansion
Wenn Graw
Grawe
Anice Schoo
Worneh
oAnn
Oman
1St Ave
Sola Optical USA
SOLA
Optical USA
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!