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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

The reservoir at Fairmount Park in 1931

The gardens at Fairmount Park

The gardens at Fairmount Park in 1957

The streetcar cut at Fairmount Park

Fairmount Lodge at Fairmount Park, late 1950's

The winter playground at Fairmount Park, 1961

Tired of looking at your parched lawn? Want to see something green again? Then you must go to Fairmount Park where the plants and grass are green and the shade is cool.
The park annually draws thousands of spectators, but perhaps more can be…

Fairview Cemetery

Historical Scrapbook . . . of Faith Lutheran Church events receives finishing touches from Mrs. Art Kibat and Mrs. Hollie Claussen. The Rev. Robert Miskimen looks on.

Exterior . . . of new Faith Lutheran Church is completed. Only some finish work and placing of new furnishings remain to be done on the inside of the modernistic structure.

New Lutheran Pastor . . . the Rev. Norman E. Walter takes his family to view the Faith Church soon after arriving in the cit. With him are Mrs. Walter, Mark, Sandra and Craig.

Station No. 5 . . . in its "hay" day was built for horse-drawn equipment. This rare photograph shows Dr. James McRobert, "Old Prince" being held by former Fire Chief J. Bates, Emil Jorgensen and an unidentified man. The old station will be replaced.

Woman wearing dress, fur jacket, pearls, and white gloves
Mrs. Francis Richardson, Mrs. Thurston Fell, Mrs. Paul White and Mrs. Jerry Worsencroft model fur jackets at the dessert luncheon and style show at Hotel Chieftain Tuesday. The luncheon was a kick off for the Women's Residential Division of the…

A woman sitting at a loom.
Trying Her Hand . . . at a loom brought to Oakland by pioneers is Mrs. Merle Davis. Two nearby communities failed to grow because the railroad came to Oakland.

Thousands Of Geese And Ducks...migrating South for the winter are stopping at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge to feed before continuing their long journey. Area residents and tourists will get a chance to see the geese first-hand as the refuge open…
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