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Mormon Camp
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Mormon Camp meeting near Parks Mill. 3 Miles East Council Bluffs.
Mormon Camp meeting near Parks Mill. 3 Miles East Council Bluffs.
Tags: drawing, George Simons, mormons
More Than 50 Hikers On Trek To Mo. Valley, Back
With Aid Of Walking Sticks...Fireman Robert Carroll, an unidentified man, and Policemen C.E. Moore, Ronald Stevens, John Schweer, Herbert Mace and William Lane continue on their long trek to Missouri Valley and Back [sic].
More Showers
Hiding From Rain...that began falling while they played in Bayliss Park are Dianne, 7; Brant, 6-1/2, and Nancy, 9, all children of Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Noziska, 125 Third St. Their dog, Hedy, squeezed in under the park bench, too.
Tags: Brant Noziska, Dianne Noziska, Nancy Noziska
Mopping Up:
Firemen water down the remains of the second floor of the old Howard Plastics building, 1401 S. Main St., after it was gutted by fire Saturday. Samual Bittner, owner of the building, was not available for an estimation of the loss. Fire Chief Waldo…
MOOOOve This Cage
MOOOOve This Cage...off of me, bawls one of the cattle trapped under the overturned truck. Three were killed.
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Monument To Brave Colonel Kinsman
Kinsman's Monument In Fairview Cemetery
Monument post cards
Nine postcards of Council Bluffs monuments
Monument At Earling Home
A large colorful monument to the Blessed Mother Mary stands on a hill overlooking Earling. The monument, in front of the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home, was constructed by Msgr. N.A. Gaul, 81, a resident at the home. The curved structure, of…
Money Flowing In As 'Black Angel' Work Continues
Above is an artist's rendering of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial upon completion of restoration work.
Modern-Traditional Blend In Harlan's Catholic Church
Mural . . . of faceted glass on St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan overlooks College Place.
Modern salvage
(Left-Harold Coyle) and Jerry Katz of the Alter Co. The bundled scrap is now ready for sale to firms who melt and use scrap metal. --Nonpareil Photos.
Tags: Alter Company
Modern salvage
Modern salvage : The Alter Co., one of Council Bluffs' newer industries, uses the very latest equipment in its scrap salvage operation. Here an old car body is being put into a press. It will come in bales.
Tags: Alter Company
Model steamship Iowa man's legacy
Opening A Hatch...on the three-foot scale model of the steamship Bertrand is John Carrier, park service employee at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley. The steamer model, which the Bertrand museum just purchased for $300, was…
Mobile Canteen Gets Warm Welcome
Mrs. Marie Olson, and Mrs. Fae Burkhalter, of the Ottumwa mobile Red Cross canteen, were toasted in coffee Tuesday afternoon by Sgt. J.A. Bramen, and Corp. William Lemfor, of Atlantic, in appreciation of the Red Cross' work in feeding the many hungry…
Tags: CB Floods, Flood of 1943
Mobil guide lists C.B. restaurant
Club 64 is the only Council Bluffs restaurant rated in the 1985 Mobil Travel Guide.
Tags: Club 64, Mobil Travel Guide, restaurants
Missouri Valley, Iowa
Photograph of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Looking west from windmill. July 1, 1882.
Tags: Missouri Valley, photograph, railroads, trains
Missouri River postcards
Three postcards of the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Tags: boats, Missouri River, postcard