1976-Bicentennial Iowa City – Section H – Pages 5-8

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Page H5 – William Eginton gives us a review of the CRANDIC line that ran between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City from 1904 to 1953.

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Riding The Five Rails Of Iowa City.
Page H6 (above) and H7 (below) gives us an extensive overview of the history of Iowa City newspapers, beginning in 1841 and continuing right up to 1976.
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Iowa Newspapers – The Early Years.
The Iowa City Newspaper Wars.
John P. Irish – Iowa City’s Black Knight.
H.S. Fairall – Iowa City’s Newspaper Man Of The 1880’s.
J.E.R. – Iowa City’s Cannon Ball Newsgatherer.
Page H8 – Mark F. Rohner writes up an excellent article on the variety of industrial shops that were sprinkled around the Iowa City area prior to the turn of the century.

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ICBT’s Sketch Of Johnson County – 1880.
The Iowa City Glass Works – 1880-1882.
Welcome To Iowa City – June 1887.
Welcome To East Iowa City & Rundell.
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Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. used on this page.

...and the day the interurban left, William Eginton, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 73

The newspaper you’re reading: How it grew…and became the Press-Citizen, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, pp 74-75

How the news was presented to Iowa Citians, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 75

Smokestack tells of vanished industry, Mark F. Rohner, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 76