Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections
Title
Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections
Subject
Council Bluffs local history
Description
Photographs and documents of the Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections.
Creator
Special Collections
Collection Items
The Development of Railway Transportation in Iowa
A document about railway transportation in Iowa published as a reference aid for teachers and students in conjunction with the Iowa Centennial in 1946.
Transportation News: The Golden Spike Centennial Issue
The Golden Spike Centennial Issue published in Transportation News. Published by United Transportation Union.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Train cars in the Union Pacific rail yard with the Union Pacific Transfer depot in the background.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
"Chief Red Cloud didn't want the 'Iron Horse' because it 'scared away the buffalo.'"
Caption written on the reverse side.
Caption written on the reverse side.
Early History of Union Pacific
Gone Are the Days! Scene at the Union Pacific Railroad depot at 'Omaha City,' taken September 12, 1868.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
The Streamliner 'City of Los Angeles'; the Chicago and North Western - Union Pacific high speed eleven car streamline train started from Chicago this morning (Friday, May 1st) on a trial run to Omaha. It is shown as it stood in the North Western…
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Union Pacific Railroad yards in Council Bluffs, looking towards the southwest. The road in the foreground where the railroad tracks cross is Ninth Avenue. The Golden Spike Monument is at middle right.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
On the reverse side: "Workers on the U.P. exchanging picks and shovel for rifles to repel an Indian attack."
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Unloading railroad supplies on the banks of the Missouri River in Omaha in 1865.
Railroads in Council Bluffs
An article titled "Railroads in Council Bluffs" by Andrew McMillen
Written for Council Bluffs Public Schools - March 20, 1936
Part of "Transportation and Council Bluffs: A Supplement to Iowa History"
Written for Council Bluffs Public Schools - March 20, 1936
Part of "Transportation and Council Bluffs: A Supplement to Iowa History"
Letter, 1825, May 20, Council Bluffs [to] Nathaniel Ranney.
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Letter written Nathaniel Ranney from his brother Nathan Ranney.
Our Right to Vote 2020
A panel discussion featuring State Representative MaryAnn Hanusa, Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Senator Joni Ernst and members of the AAUW: Loess Hills Branch of Iowa.
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment,…
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment,…
Iowa State Hospital for the Insane. Clarinda, IA.
A photograph of the Iowa State Hospital for the Insane in Clarinda, IA.
Old soldiers section - Kinsman area - Fairview Cemetery - Council Bluffs, Iowa
Burial details and map for the Kinsman section of the Fairview Cemetery. Researched by Roy D. Linn - Graves Officer, William Kinsman Camp #23 - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
West Side of Main Street
Photograph of the West Side of Main Street. Three story building in foreground is the only one still standing. Occupied for many years by E. H. Lougee & Co.
View from Fairview Cemetery
Photograph of view from Fairview Cemetery. Skyline of Omaha as it appeared in 1887.
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