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Water Fills Basement . . . in the Hotel Chieftain and the presence of electrical wires near the water may cause another delay in the building's remodeling.

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Last Piling For City Hall...had just been driven when this photo was taken 30years ago. From left in rear are Gordon O'Neill; George Belshaw; unidentified man; Marion O. Hodge; J. Richard Bogue; Richard Barber. Front row: George Hall; Onel Cain;…

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Only Remaining Evidence...of former stage coach station at Bartlett is this pile of rocks from the fireplace.

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Big Bend Dam, last of the six main stem Missouri River dams authorized by the Pick-Sloan Plan will be dedicated Sept. 15, although final work on the dam will not be completed until next year. The $103 million dam, with its 538,000 kilowatt electric…

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Cheered By Prospects . . . for industrial expansion here are: Orris Dean, T. Joe Smith and Sam C. Prest. Council Bluffs was picked out of an area from Tacoma, Wash., to the Mississippi River.

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A Cloud Of Fog . . . rises from the ice jam which has sealed off the mouth of the Boyer River. The jam extends upstream well beyond this bridge, which is near the Leonard Crispin farm.

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The 26-room, three-story house at 120 So. 6th St., was being wrecked Thursday to make way for the new office of Robert Swassing, accountant, who has purchased the property from the Dr. McMicken Hanchett estate. The house has been unoccupied, except…

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The Samuel F. Martin House . . . in Atlantic will one day be a country inn if Michael Audino and his wife, Donna Beason, have their way. The couple plans to replace a tower that once extended from the attic.

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Postcard. Municipal Bathing Beach, Lakeview Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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Tracks make a noticeable pattern as they lead to and from the water's edge at Big Lake Park, north of Council Bluffs, as the seasons first big snow remains in the area Wednesday. Reflections of the trees can be seen in the edge of lake. Nonpareil…

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Work of laying the big four-foot concrete pipe that will eventually connect Mosquito Creek with Lake Manawa is now under way. Workmen for Larsen Brothers, contractors, lower the second 10-foot long, five-ton section of pipe into place. The project…

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Promotional sticker for Lake Manawa.

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Photograph of the Soda Fountain at Lake Manawa.

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Postcard of boats on Lake Manawa.

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Photograph of the Lake Manawa Fish and Game Club

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Lake Manawa Club House Fish and Game Protective Association

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Lake Manawa Fish & Game Club

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Photo collage - Fish & Game Club, Council Bluffs

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Photograph of dredging at Lake Manawa.

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Photograph of Lake Manawa dock from the lake.
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