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Grotto Of Rustic Beauty Dedicated At Mt. Loretto
Secluded in the shaded knoll at the rear of the Mount Loretto novitiate, this grotto is a sanctuary of rustic beauty. It was dedicated Wednesday night at an elaborate May Day celebration. The grotto is constructed of 'honeycombed" tufa stone and is…
Mt. Loretto Gives Up To Man, Dozer
(top) Clouds of Dust . . . engulf bulldozer and operator as man and machine reduce Mount Loretto High School to rubble.
(bottom) Last Portion . . . of the 3-story building tumbles to the ground. A supermarket is planned for the site.
(bottom) Last Portion . . . of the 3-story building tumbles to the ground. A supermarket is planned for the site.
Mount Loretto High Has Last Graduation: 22 Given Diplomas - Girls' School To Close
Checking A Diploma . . . at the Mount Loretto commencement exercises are Janice Brummer, Mary Eatherton, Janet Dickerson and Vicki Hough.
Mount Loretto Grads On 'Most Wanted' List
(top) Janice Brummer, Mary Eatherton, Janet Dickerson and Vicki Hough were members of the last graduating class at Mount Loretto High School in Council Bluffs in 1965. Former students at the all-girl Catholic high school are attempting to locate…
Sisters Operate Mount Loretto - High School Grades Conducted Preparatory To Novitiate
Mount Loretto, 1030 East Pierce Street, where the Sisters of Mercy maintain a preparatory school.
Church Marks Its 100th Year
Bible School Children . . . sit on the lawn outside the Mount Hope United Methodist Church. The congregation will observe the 100th anniversary of the church's founding with activities next Saturday and Sunday. The church is on Highway 6 east of…
Moss Recording Service Returns To Council Bluffs - Chased To Omaha By Flood Threat Of 1952 . . .
(top) Nucleus Of Operation . . . as Moss Recording Service is this four track, high speed, tape duplication line. The line can turn out 10 separate tapes, each containing eight hours of music, in less than 15 minutes. Preparing to record are Rose…
Dodge House Notes 100th Anniversary
Adding a little extra to the memorabilia at the Historic Gen. Dodge House during December are some of the wedding to Lettie Dodge Montgomery who was married 100 years ago on Nov. 25.
Showing a silver tea service presented Mrs. Montgomery for her…
Showing a silver tea service presented Mrs. Montgomery for her…
1972 Iowa Landmark Plate; Historic Dodge House
Iowa The Beautiful Land...is the message on the rim of the Heritage Plate encircling the miniature sculpture of the Historic General Dodge House. The plate is show by designer and producer Judy Sutcliffe of Greentree Pottery, Auduon.
Journey Through Bluffs Yields Adventure Of Rail Expansion West
The Gen. Grenville M. Dodge Mansion Is Only The Highlight...of the many monuments and historical sites revealing the history of the railroad's western push, and the building of the city of Council Bluffs. A journey around the city and through the…
Dodge House Membership Drive Now in Full Swing
Brass Trimmed Wood Box...originally from the General Dodge House, will be returned "home" as a gift of the late Mr. and Mrs. E H. Lougee, John Schoentgen, of Pasadena, Califl., a nephew of Mrs. Lougee, looks at the fine chest. November 8, 1970
Spite House Taken Down
The wrecker's hammer delt [sic] the firs blow to the "spite" house opposite the Historic Gen. Dodge Homes at Story and Third streets Tuesday morning. The large old home will be removed to make a small park. Legen has it that the frame Squire house…
Undercover Work At Dam
Inside The Shelter . . . construction laborer Willard Stultz, 1624 Fourth Ave., works at the intake end of the big concrete tube that carries water from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. Glen Durst, construction technician for the State Conservation…
Weir On Mosquito Creek first In The State Of Iowa
Heavy Equipment . . . is moving thousands of cubic yards of earth from the bed of Mosquito Creek to form the base for a large dam.
Engineer To Send Water Through Lake-Creek Tube - Testing For Defects . . .
Impounded Water . . . helped by upstream rains, backs up behind the Mosquito Creek-Lake Manawa diversion structure.
Creek-Lake Diversion Tried 40 Years Ago - Simple Solution To Water Problem At That Time . . .
(top) An Early Project . . . to divert Mosquito Creek into Lake Manawa was centered around this makeshift creek dam near the eastern edge of the lake. This 40-year-old photo shows John Walton, Charley Keyes and Harry Cook standing on the downstream…
Weather Is Key To Lake Project - Manawa To Get A Summer Drink
Sand Bars . . . add dramatic proof to the current plight of Lake Manawa. Normally, the water would extend past the boardwalk in the foreground.
Creek-Lake Diversion Job May Start Late This Fall
Proposed Diversion Project . . . from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. The dotted line shows the route of the four-foot tube from the diversion structure on the creek to the lake.