Waterloo History Trivia

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Across
  1. 2. The common name of the bakery that opened in 1950 as the Dixie Cream Doughnut Shop
  2. 5. Former bakery at the Waterloo Single Speed Brewery location
  3. 6. Name of the NBA basketball team in Waterloo
  4. 8. The original name of the Waterloo Theatre
  5. 10. Waterloo was originally named this
  6. 11. The radio station started in 1978 by Jimmy Porter as a voice for minority listeners
  7. 13. Chocolate company housed at the historic Russell Lamson building
  8. 16. President that visited Waterloo in 1903
  9. 17. The Overland Waterloo Company Building constructed in 1916 as the primary facility for the Corn Belt Auto Company Northeast Iowa distributorship of Willys-Overland Motors currently is this company's home
  10. 18. Diner on 520 Mulberry Street that celebrated its 66 year anniversary in March
Down
  1. 1. Waterloo Courier Photographer who has been honored with induction into the Iowa Rock ’n Roll Music Association Hall of Fame
  2. 2. The ship the Sullivan Brothers served on that was torpedoed and sank rapidly on Nov. 13, 1942.
  3. 3. Built it during the Great Depression as a beer parlor The family-owned and operated restaurant and bar opened in its original location in 1933, a few blocks from where it stands today on Falls Avenue. The current location opened in 1971
  4. 4. Current name of the building built in 1965 as Peoples Mutual Saving & Loan on 322 Washington Street
  5. 7. The anchor store that opened before Crossroads mall itself opened one year later, in March 1970, as both the only two-story mall and the first enclosed mall in Iowa
  6. 8. The current Waterloo Library was originally constructed in 1938-39 as this.
  7. 9. Electric interurban railway that operated local streetcar service in Waterloo (1896-1939) and Cedar Falls (1898-1941)
  8. 12. Member of Dillinger's gang who robbed a bank in Mason City, shot in Waterloo
  9. 14. Vehicle built in Waterloo
  10. 15. Started by an Irish immigrant, for over sixty years (1914-1970) this eight-story structure anchored the downtown business district.