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General Dodge Papers - Book 7 - August 1869
General Dodge Papers - The Union Pacific Railroad Period, Book 7
August 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
August 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
General Dodge Papers - Book 7 - September 1869
General Dodge Papers - The Union Pacific Railroad Period, Book 7
September 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
September 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
General Dodge Papers - Book 7 - October 1869
General Dodge Papers - The Union Pacific Railroad Period, Book 7
October 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
October 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
General Dodge Papers - Book 7 - November 1869
General Dodge Papers - The Union Pacific Railroad Period, Book 7
November 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
November 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
General Dodge Papers - Book 7 - December 1869
General Dodge Papers - The Union Pacific Railroad Period, Book 7
December 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
December 1869
For an index for Book 7, please refer to the "General Dodge Papers - Book 7 Index" record.
Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.
Storm Causes Considerable Damage To The Bluffs Area; Winds Reach 75 Miles Per Hour
High Winds,,,Sunday night uprooted this large Cottonwood tree, causing it to fall on the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter, 1411 Second Ave. All that remained of the front porch Monday was the screen door and frame. Carter had hooked the screen…
Best Pictures 1967-1970
photo of damage to house of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter of 1411 Second Ave. after a Cottonwood tree is uprooted. Officer stands in driveway. (Photo not used in the newspaper story of 7-10-1970. Photographer is likely Jack Kennedy.)
Canning Hill Work To Start This Year; Four-Lane Divided Road
Black Line Traces...approximate relocation route of Highway 6 over Canning Hill. Present Highways 6 and 64 meet at the intersection of Pierce and Canning streets. At the right of the proposed route, from top to bottom are: Wilcox greenhouse,…
A Sans Suit Solo
The May sun was hot, the temperature almost 90 when one-year-old Martin McMurray hit the beach at Lake Manawa. Mustering up his courage for a quick dip he promptly lost his dinner. Nobody seemed to mind, he thought, so with the help of his mom,…
100 Feet Of Track Damaged By Fire On Railroad Trestle; Believed Started By Passing Train
Engineer F.L. Morris...returns to his train after emptying his fire extinguisher on burning trestle.
The Pumpkin Tree
When pumpkins grow on apple trees, it's time to take a second look. Mike McDuffie, 11, son of Mr. aand Mrs. James McDuffie, 21 S. 9th St., admires his 15-pound pumpkin that is thriving in an apple tree--about 20 feet above the ground. Mike got the…
Near Season's End
Autumn leaves signal the close of a season for this sailboat, one of several at the Elks Country Club area of Lake Manawa. Nonpareil Photo by Joe Cavallaro.
The Fall Is Near
Council Bluffs area leaves, like this group of maple and others criss-crossed by vines in a shady dale, will soon be drifting earthward as autumn arrives. Many leaves will still be on trees, however, when fall is here officially--at 6:26 p.m.,…
Well-Guarded Leaf
Now that fall has officialyl arrived, this small twig with three leaves attached managed to find itself resting in the protective circle of an old marine cannon. The cannon is one of four that surround the Col. William H. Kinsman monument in…
Early Bluffs High Rise
This Illinois Central Coal chute may well have been one of the first high-rise structures in Council Bluffs. Its use discontinued about 1954, a railroad employe[sic] said. The tall building was used to feed coal to hungry steam engines, and a few…
Reflection
This pagoda-like structure casts a dark reflection in a nearby puddle, perhaps because its useful days are gone. There was a time, when the coal chute's concrete legs weren't chipped and surrounded by a crop of weeks, that this was the center of…
Make-Believe Trains
Readers who squint--and squint hard--and imagine themselves atop a railroad trestle looking over the yards, can almost believe that these old ties are long, shiny-white passenger trains coming from the passenger station. The damages rails, unlike…
Pottawattamie County Death Records 1880-1919
Index and scans of Pottawattamie County death records.
These records cover 1880 - 1919. Some records for 1904-1905 are missing.
NOTE: If the same name is listed more than once, it means we have a record for one or more persons with the same…
These records cover 1880 - 1919. Some records for 1904-1905 are missing.
NOTE: If the same name is listed more than once, it means we have a record for one or more persons with the same…
Index of marriages recorded in Council Bluffs from 1903 - 1940.
Index of marriages recorded in Council Bluffs from November 1902 through 1940, and to marriages recorded at the Avoca courthouse from 1885 to 1921. Index created by the Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society which houses the original records.…
Hope For Safe Halloween
"Slightly Spooky"...best described Eulalia and Becky Shanks, 7 and 4 respectively, daughters of Mrs. Geraldine Shanks, 2420 W. Broadway, as they peer over the top of their jack-'o-lantern in preparation for Halloween this Thursday night. Nonpareil…