A Watery Grave...is again the resting place of the Steamboat Bertrand. Work on the artifacts from the ship will be increasing this summer at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. A new staff member will arrive at DeSoto Monday to work with preservation…
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…
Looking as it did . . .when placed in 1919, file photo shows memorial statue with water running from bowl. Fountain may be repaired this year. Sculptor Daniel Chester French once said the sculpture was his finest work. --Nonpareil Photo.
New street signs . . . have been installed by the city and are the first visual signs of annexation in the Manawa community. Wes Clausen, assistant superintendent of traffic, views on such sign marking Navajo Street and a private (Pickard Lane)…
Working headquarters of Aqua-Farms Inc. near Macedonia is this uncompleted building that houses big fish tanks, processing shop and offices. Leaving the building are Steve Hansen, president, and Larry Vorse of Council Bluffs, board chairman.
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Small fish . . . are fed by Hansen. The fish are kept in a wire holding cages in one of the quarries. Eager eaters, the small fish gain fast on the commercial feed, are later turned loose in the lake.
Fish hauling transport . . used for bringing in stock from Wisconsin and southern states is checked by Hansen, a graduate fisheries biologist who manages the farm.
One of two . . . former rock quarries contains about 35 feet of clean, cool water which is used for circulation through a series of holding tanks for commercial fish while the primitive area around the lakes provide ideal sites for 50-75 camping…
Supervising the project . . . is Shirley Schermer of Maquoketa. Volunteers work on a trench investigation of an earthquake, east of county road L-31 in Mills County. --Nonpareil photo by Abbie Jones.