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  2. Second and Third Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Second and Third Avenue Historic District is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 186 resources, which included 176 contributing buildings, and 10 non-contributing buildings. [2]

  3. Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    The location of present-day Cedar Rapids was in the territory of the Fox and Sac tribes at the time of European American settlement.. The first settler on the site of the future city was Osgood Shepherd, who built a log cabin (which he called a tavern) in 1837 or 1838 next to the Cedar River (then known as the Red Cedar) at what is now the corner of First Avenue and First Street Northeast.

  4. Hamilton Brothers Building - Wikipedia

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    The Hamilton Brothers Building, also known as Warfield-Pratt & Howell Co. Wholesale Grocers, and the Hach Brothers Company, is a historic building located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. This is the only extant building associated with local businessman and politician John Taylor Hamilton . [ 2 ]

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County ...

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    Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company: May 8, 2017 : 525 Valor Way, SW: Cedar Rapids: 24: Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building: Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building: November 10, 1982 : 305 2nd Ave., SE.

  6. Dangerous ice storm causes hundreds of crashes across Plains ...

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    CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A wide area of freezing rain created dangerous travel conditions in the Midwest and Plains during the first half of the weekend with dozens of crashes reported, and hours ...

  7. West Side Third Avenue SW Commercial Historic District

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    Cedar Rapids was platted on the east bank of the Cedar River as Rapids City in 1841, and it was incorporated in 1849. Kingston was established on the west bank of the river in 1852, and it was annexed by Cedar Rapids in 1870. The streets were laid out parallel and perpendicular to the river, which flowed from the northwest to the southeast.

  8. Our look at the biggest bills that passed and failed in the ...

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    Iowa's governor, statewide elected officials such as the attorney general and state auditor, and members of the Iowa Legislature would have received a $10,000 raise next year, under that passed ...

  9. Miles from Home (1988 film) - Wikipedia

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    Miles from Home is a 1988 American action thriller film starring Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson.It is about two brothers who, after being forced off their farm in the debt stricken Midwestern United States, become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.