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New Mexico One Of America's Greatest Natural Beauty Spots
New Mexico Is . . . a cultural layer cake of people set in the dimension of the state's open spaces. There are people like artist Tom Marcione of Santa Fe (top left), Jerry Mirabel, a Taos Indian whose claim to fame is having had his picture on a…
New Look At Meal Site
A New Front . . . on the Senior Citizen's Center in Neola greets the community. Funds were raised last year during the annual Hoo Doo Days to pay for the renovations. The building mural was painted for the Neola Centennial in 1982.
Neola Church To Build
This Architectural Rendition . . . of the Neola First Presbyterian Church shows the proposed new addition to be constructed in the right foreground. The original church building, in the left portion of the drawing, was constructed in 1956.
Dodge Memorial, "Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial"
Ruth Anne Dodge memorial fountain, the "Black Angel," with two boys at the pond
'Hoo Doo' Bad Luck? Not For Neola Residents
A Labor Day Parade . . . is one of the highlights of Neola's Hoo Doo Day, which also includes mud drags, a triathlon and tractor pulls. Members of the Harlan Shrine Patrol rode in the Neola Centennial parade at this time last year.
Neola Goes On Parade
From the small (the "economy-size" vehicles of the Shrine Patrol of Harlan) to the tall (a working replica of the Neola Grain Co. elevator,) Monday's Neola Centennial Parade provided a big draw to Labor Day crowds. The Neola Grain float was open…
Civil War relived through Kinsman tales
William Peterson, left, holds a copy of the "Palimpsest," the magazine of the Iowa State Historical Society, while N.P. "Sandy" Dodge V looks on. Peterson and another Council Bluffs native recently published articles about William F. Kinsman, former…
Iowa Power lights Dodge House
New exterior lights now illuminate the Historic General Dodge House.
Dolls to be displayed
Catherine A. White, director of the Historic Gen. Dodge House, takes an antique doll from a display case at the house, 605 Third St. "Dolls of Yesteryear" will be on exhibit through July.
Splish, splash!
After about five years of dormancy, the fountain at the Historic Gen. Dodge House was back in operation Friday. Richard C. Peterson. left, and his nephew, Wade C. Peterson of Miamai, Fla., watch as the water is turned on by Bob Potkonak, caretaker…
A little help for tourists
The Dodge House is getting a little extra help in steering tourists to its door these days, this sign on Interstates 80 and 29 near the Lake Manawa exit tells motorists that this [is] where to turn if they want to see the historic site.
Antique dolls at Dodge House
This Italian Lenci...is one of the antique dolls now on display at the Historic Dodge House.
Dodge House donations in honor of Louis Drew
Admiring...an antique lithoplane lamp is Jack Drew of Omaha. The lamp is a new addition to the Historic General Dodge House. Memorial funds were used to purchase the lamp in honor of Drew's brother, Louis, a long-time contributor to the Dodge House…
Dodge House adds clock in supporter's memory
Setting the grandfather clock...the Dodge House's most recent acquisition, is tour guide Ethel Stillinger. The 150-year-old cherrywood stands in the back parlor as a memorial to Mrs. Darlene Cutler, Mrs. Cutler was a longtime supporter of the…
Candle holders are home at last
Being Returned...to their rightful place on the fireplace mantle in the dining room of the Dodge House are candle holders, once part of the original decor at the Dodge family residence. Colleen Juhl, Dodge House director, places the crystal…