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Seven postcards depicting the County Courthouse building.

Artist's concept, aerial view, of wheel-shaped building
An Artist's Conception...shows what the new West Pottawattamie County Fair will look in the future. The wheel-shaped facility actually includes seven buildings plus a covered arena. Two of the buildings--the wheel's 'Spokes"--will be constructed in…

A 'Peace Symbol"...containing elements of the county's history is the winning entry in the Pottawattamie County Bicentennial Flag contest. It was submitted by Kenny King of Bloomer School.

An Outline...of Iowa with a silhouetted farm scene won second place. It was entered by Bonnie Bingel of Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.

The Mormon Trail...serves as the focus of the design drawn by Diane Husz of Carson-Macedonia School. The entry won third place.

Michael Platt, Green Valley Cemetery sexton, gave Pottawattamie County Supervisors a tour of less desirable places in the cemetery Monday in hopes of gaining support to clean up trash and make needed improvements at the county-owned cemetery.…

Watching The Monitor . . . at the Pottawattamie County Jail on the fifth floor of the courthouse is Ralph L. Miner, corrections specialist. Each part of the arrest and booking proceedings is videotaped.

Taking A Call... is Jeff Jones, 911 Communication Center operator. The Communication Center, location within the Law Enforcement wing of the Pottawattamie County Courthouse, is directed by the Pottawattamie County Public Safety Commission. Contracts…

Group photograph of the County Treasurer and assistants, Council Bluffs, Iowa. October 22, 1927.

Pastor and Mrs. Richard D. Hogan . . . of First Christian Church.

Accepting a friendly nibble . . . is Humane Officer Jerry Archibald from one of two black bears on a farm near Crescent. The officer and several county and state officials checked the condition of the bears Thursday afternoon. --Nonpareil Photo,

Posing With...an old organ in one of the Victorian homes they own on South Seventh Street are Maurice and Carole Bergquist, 616 S. Seventh. They plan to christen the street Victorian Row, a group of houses that will have apartments, shops and a…

Photograph of the second Courthouse in Council Bluffs, 1866.
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