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Third Iowa Infantry
Postcard of the Dodge Light Guards arriving in Brownsville, Texas.
Faulty Rail Blamed For C&NW Train Derailment; Eight of 91 Cars Leave Tracks
Workers Investigate...the best method of pulling this entanglement of freight cars apart. The derailment occurred when a rail broke on a feeder line of the Chicago and North Western at the north edge of Council Bluffs.
Faulty Rail Blamed For C&NW Train Derailment; Eight Of 91 Cars Leave Tracks
Lakeside Pileup: A piggyback trailer, full of hams, lies on its side only feet away from the pond in Lakeside Park at the north edge of Council Bluffs. The boxcar above is lying on another freight car, behind the trailer. The eight-car derailment…
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
June 1998 Historical Society newsletter.
Miniature train postcard
Postcard of a miniature train at Lake Manawa.
Illinois Central Station, Council Bluffs, IA
Three postcards depicting the Illinois Central Station.
Chicago & Northwestern Depot, Council Bluffs, IA
Postcard of Chicago & Northwestern Depot, Council Bluffs, IA
Grand Passenger Station
Great Burlington Route - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. Grand Passenger Station at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Railroad Bridge across the Missouri
Photograph of a train crossing a railroad bridge across the Missouri River.
Railroad Bridge across the Missouri
Photograph of a train crossing the Missouri River.
Photograph of train at Union Pacific Transfer
Photograph of a train at Union Pacific Transfer carrying troops from Council Bluffs, IA on their way the Philippines.
Missouri Valley, Iowa
Photograph of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Looking west from windmill. July 1, 1882.
Burlington Passenger Depot
Photograph of Burlington Passenger Depot, April 10, 1897
Crowd at the depot
Photograph of a crowd gathered at a train depot to witness troops from Council Bluffs (Iowa) leave for Des Moines (Iowa) on their way to the Philippines.
Arrival of 168th Infantry, 1919
Photograph of the 168th Infantry at Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot in Council Bluffs (Iowa), May 17, 1919.
Arrival of 168th Infantry, 1919
Photograph of the 168th Infantry at Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot in Council Bluffs (Iowa), May 17, 1919 on the Rock Island Locomotive #1625.
Arrival of 168th Infantry, 1919
Photograph of the 168th Infantry at Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot in Council Bluffs (Iowa), May 17, 1919 on the Rock Island Locomotive #1625.