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Times of Our Lives recalls Cedar Rapids past and rail hub days
In a Gazette feature veteran Roy Stoddard recalls Oelwein as a major Midwest rail hub with 3200 workers, Walter Chrysler’s early railroad ties, and the rise and fall driven by highways. June items cover Cedar Rapids defense jobs, golf hole in one trends, Shellsburg memory, and local centennial lore.
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Roy Stoddard
Oelwein
Midwest
Stoddard
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
David Woodworth
Tehachapi
Calif
Woodworth
Iowa State University
Ames
Rockwell International Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Collins Defense Communications Division
35Th Street
Reagan
Golf Digest
Violette Kucera
Town House
Jennie Roll
Shellsburg
Benton County
Vinton
Mary Ann Croker
Manchester
Delaware County
Croker
Boeing Air Transport Company
Cedar Rapids Airways
George Shadle
California
Wild Bill’ Hickok
Omaha
Denver
Keystone
Peter Seeck Jr
Seeck
Mount Vernon
A.B. Dotson
the Gazette
Dotson
Cedar County
Commissioners of the Insane
Jim de Long
Gazette Files