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Department Store Destroyed By Fire

Spraying The Smoldering Remains . . . of the Ranks Department Store, 325 W. Broadway, are members of the Council Bluffs Fire Department. The fire, which was discovered about 1 a.m., destroyed the building and an adjoining two-story complex, and…

Tags: CB Fires, Fires, Rank's Department Store

Des Moines--Capitol

Des Moines
Iowa City Capital
Includes Terrace Hill
[Note on back of photo:
"This monument honoring long-time Senator William B. Allison was erected on the state capitol grounds at Des Moines by Gen. Grenville J. Dodge of CB. It is an allegorical…

Tags: Iowa Capitol, monuments, William B. Allson Memorial

Des Moines--Capitol

Des Moines
Iowa City Capitol
Includes Terrace Hill
{Note on back of photo: "General Grenville M. Dodge of CB, astride a horse on the Soldier's and Sailors' Monument, state capitol grounds, Des Moines. Dodge is on the LEFT in this photo. He is…

Tags: Grenville Dodge, Iowa Captiol, monuments, Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Des Moines--Capitol

Des Moines
Iowa City Capital [sic]
Includes Terrace Hill

Tags: Des Moines, Iowa Capitol

DeSmet, Pierre Jean

DeSmet, Father Pierre Jean
Jesuit Priets
Died 5/23/1873

Tags: explorers, Father DeSmet, Jesuits, Missionaries, missions, Pierre Jean DeSmet, Society of Jesus

DeSoto Bend Tim-Table Advanced 2 years; Engineers To Be Finished in 1960

Now Ice Bound...this section of the Missouri River will become a part of the DeSoto Bend Lake after a new river channel is cut by Army Engineers. Timbered area to right will become a wildlife refuge.

Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, DeSoto Bend, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri River

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge File 2

Entrance to the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

Tags: DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge File 2

Entrance of DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, from near the parking lot

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge File 2

DeSoto Nat'l Wildlife Refuge
near Missouri Valley
File #2
1980s--
+ some early photos
DeSoto Nat'l Wildlife--file 2

Tags: D, DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, File 1

DeSoto Nat'l Wildlife Refuge
#1 Up to 1980s
near Missouri Valley
See med file on Youth Conservation Corps (YCC
DeSoto Nat'l Wildlife file #1

DeSoto Refuge To Get New Pump For Draining Water; High Water Problem Continues

Littering The Boat Ramp...are a number of pilings that have been pulled out of the lake by DeSoto Refuge employes. Refuge officials say the lake has quite a lot of drift that could be dangerous to boaters, Jeffy Jauron, an Iowa river official, says…

Tags: boating, DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

Destroyed Firm Rebuilds Plant

New walls for Arnold Plastic's Inc. at 3135 W. Broadway are fast nearing the roof line to replace the plant that was destroyed by fire Nov. 28. Construction started early in December, as soon as debris was cleared away, and the operation is expected…