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Stabilized River Seen Within 10 Years - Will Cost 62 Million . . . . April 17, 1955
Looking Directly Downstream . . . from the present pilot channel in the Missouri River the viewer looks across the area where the river will be channeled to take directly under the Decatur Bridge in the distance.
Downriver Exploration For 100 Hardy Iowans - Sioux City To Missouri Valley
Rainy Weather Attire . . . was the order of the day as members of the Missouri River tour group gathered at the embarkation dock in Sioux City. Nearly 100 people made the 120-mile downriver trip to Missouri Valley.
Missouri River
File #1: 5/23/88
Rock Dikes . . . are an important part of the Missouri River stabilization work. These above Councill Bluffs were seen on a river inspection trip between Blair and Nebraska City, Neb. Rock being used on these dikes was taken from the bottom of the…
3 More Rock Dikes Planned For River Here
Current Diversion . . . in Missouri River is accomplished by this rock dock jutting out from Council Bluffs shore, just north of I-480 bridge.
Army Model Of Missouri Helped Save Local Levees
This Is Council Bluffs . . . as viewed by employees of the U.S. army engineers at the Waterways Experiment Station near Clinton Miss. No. 1 is the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge river gauge; 2 - Union Pacific tracks; 3 - Twenty-ninth avenue, old Indian Creek…
Scale Model Of Missouri River
Water Flows Through . . . miniature navigation channel of engineer project at Mead, Neb.
Mississippi Is 'The Life' - Southwest Iowans Seem At Home With River . . . July 29, 1962
Ol' Swimming Hole . . . in Wild Cat Den State Park between Davenport and Muscatine is formed by a dam built in 1832. The building, Pine Creek Mill, went to work in 1850.
Bedford's Jan Beemer 'Miss Southwest Iowa' June 14, 1964
Miss Southwest Iowa Finalists . . . left to right, Gayle Tarpenning of Shenandoah, Pat Horning of Clarinda, Jan Beemer of Bedford, Nancy Timberlake of Bedford and Kay Dowell of Coin.
Pageant Entrants:
These 10 girls will vie Friday evening at Clarinda for the title of Miss Southwest Iowa with the winner of the Lions Club sponsored event competing in the Miss Iowa pageant at Clear Lake. Pictured here at left, back to front are Judy Brewer of…
Curve Competition:
Poised during the swimsuit competition at the Miss Council Bluffs pageant are eventual winner Noreen Sorensen, runner-up Mary Kay Trafton, Sandra Pierce, Brenda Bertelsen and Phyllis Anderson.