Cedar Rapids 1838 to 1925 A Bold Growth Tale
Cedar Rapids grew from a single 1838 log cabin to a bustling river city by 1925. The piece covers early leaders like I N Whitlam and George Greene, street evolutions, dam and mills, rail and steamboat links, notable residents, social life, opera houses, tornado in 1876, saloons, doctors, and the founding of St Luke's Hospital through community effort and key benefactors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
I. N. Whitlam
Linn Street
First Avenue
Lowa Avenue
Second Avenue
Eagle Street
Third Avenue
Park Avenue
First Street
Commercial Street
Washington Street
Third Street
Adams Street
Fourth Street
Jefferson Street
Greene
Weare
Bever
Carpenter
Higley
Smith
Dows
Hamilton
Averill
Brown
Mansfield
Snouffer
Hubbard
Hall
Shaver
Douglas
Iowa
George Greene
St. Louis
Mississippi
Nettie Mann
May’s Island
Norma Thomas Hentges
Charles A. Laurance
Pueblo
Colo
Laurance
Dubuque
Iowa City
Marengo
Des Moines
Chicago
B Avenue
Chicago and North Western Railway
Diana
Chesapeake
Fulton
de Kalb
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
Rock Island
Ellis Boulevard
U.S. Grant
North Western
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Jenny
Boshan
Second Street
A. H. Taylor
D. McClenahan
J. H. Camburn
John F. Ely
Henry Ristine
J. H. Smith
J. M. May
Geo. P. Carpenter
J. W. Edes
S. C. Koontz
J. R. Kinney
A. K. Minor
E. Ebi
Linn County Medical Society
General Winslow
Little Hospital
Samuel Ringgold
Ringgold
Cedar Rapids Horse Racing History and a Fatal Boiler Accident
The piece recalls Cedar Rapids horse racing on seasonal tracks from the dam to Ellis Park and Central Park, noting mixed venues and a combined park. It recounts a July 3, 1876 boating tragedy when the Carrie Wallace boiler burst at Brock's landing, killing one and injuring several, with Willis Vance reporting the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Packing House
Central Park
Milwaukee Railroad
Fourteenth Street
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Carrie Wallace
Brock’s Landing
Willis Vance
Lady Franklin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norma Hentges
Montgomery Ward and Co
Shafer and Parsons Livery Stable
First
Second Avenues
Robert Ellis
Michigan
Linn County
Ellis
Mt. Mercy College
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Coe College
Twelfth Street
Twenty-second Street
Samuel Bower
Twenty-seventh Street
Indian Creek
Marion Boulevard
Mt. Mercy
Second
Third Streets
Martin’s
Osco Drug
Porter Ear
H. G. Angle
Samson Bever
Ridgewood
Vernon Heights
Union Opera House
Greene Opera House
Baptist Hall
Daniels Hall
ORC
Greene’s Square
P. T. Barnum
May’s
South First Street
Fifth Avenue
Pioneer
E. F. Winslow
Burlington
Killian
Brucemore
Linden Drive
T. M. Sinclair
Howard Hall
May's Island
Henry Smulekoff
Klinger’s
Third Ave
Family Shoe Store