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12 unusual facts about Cedar Rapids


1970 Winchester 400

He dominated the race by leading 301 of the 400 laps around the "World's Fastest Half-Mile" and beating runner-up Irv Janey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa by five laps.

Al-Rashid Mosque

Al-Rashid Mosque was expected to be the first mosque in North America but was built in 1938 just after the Mother Mosque of America in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and several years after the 1929 mosque built in Ross, North Dakota.

Brian Gross

Brian Gross (born in 1976 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an actor starring in the 1998 TV series Wind on Water as Kelly Connolly and has also appeared in numerous films and TV movies.

Brotherhood of Railway Carmen

The official site of the TCU claims that it all began when seven carmen met at a standing coach at a shop track in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on October 27, 1888, to form the first lodge in the brotherhood.

Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad

The Cedar Rapids and Missouri Railroad was a railroad chartered to run from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Council Bluffs, Iowa on the Missouri River.

Henry D. Miller

From the years of 1917 to 1926 Miller's business required him to live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Homer Screws

This brought him to the attention of Coe College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa which Screws in 1993 as head coach of its men’s soccer team.

Iowa High School Athletic Association

The dual team tournament was held at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids a week after the traditional tournament, until 2012, when it was held the Wednesday before the traditional tournament in Des Moines.

KCDR

KCDR-LD, a low-power television station (channel 45) licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Laura Skandera Trombley

In 1997, Skandera Trombley assumed the post of vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Coe College, a private liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Miles from Home

The film was filmed entirely on location throughout the state of Iowa, including Worthington, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Robert Robideau

Robideau was arrested and tried together with Darrelle Dean Butler in a Federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the killings of the FBI agents and was acquitted.


1962 in radio

July: After its first few months on the air with a community format, KHAK (98.1 FM) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa debuts a country music format at the station, a format that has remained intact to this day.

Gordon V. Smith

Celebrations in Cedar Rapids where carried nationwide by CBS Radio and from Trinity Cathedral in Davenport by WOC-TV.

Helen Marlais

She has performed with members of the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Beijing National Symphony Orchestras and has recorded on Gasparo, Centaur and Audite record labels with her husband, concert clarinetist Arthur Campbell.

Jodi Huisentruit

She entered broadcasting by getting a job at KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the station's Iowa City bureau chief, then returned to Minnesota for a job at KSAX in Alexandria before returning to Iowa for her KIMT position.

Mays Island

Functioning as a civic center rather much like the Île de la Cité, it is the site of the city hall, the Linn County Courthouse, and the county jail.

USA Jet Airlines

A USA Jet DC-9 was used for the filming of the movie Cedar Rapids and another painted for We Are Marshall.