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Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million
Towering Walnut Trees . . . shaded the comfortable hideaway of Mr. and Mrs. Berne Hopkins south of Council Bluffs. The three-story log cabin was left over from the Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898 and was moved to the site by Ben Marks,…
Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million
Berne Hopkins . . . spent $15 to $18 million (taken in 1924).
Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million
Portia A. Hopkins . . . when empire was in bloom. (Taken in 1924).
Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million
Water Tank . . . on the Hopkins ranch was kept white and shiny by some of the crew. Powerhouse was at the base of tower.
Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million
The Ranch Manager . . . J.S. Cusak and his family lived in this house on the ranch. Cusak was assistant director of the venture.
Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million
The Large Crew . . . required to keep the herds of hogs fed were housed in "the bunkhouse," which later burned down.
Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million
The Pride Of Its Day . . . was this barn complex on the Hopkins farm south of Council Bluffs. Hopkins had hoped to make another fortune raising the finest livestock in the country. The Missouri River finally mired his empire and he moved to Colorado…
Horse cart
Horse cart pulled by 10 men, with leadman and brakeman in the rear. Building of flour mill in the rear located at Bryant and Washington Ave.
Horse drawn hose cart
Horse drawn hose cart. Driver Chas. Wilson.
Horse Trough May Reappear - On South Main Street
This Horse-Watering Trough . . . in Burlington, VT, is an exact replica of the one the Council Bluffs Parks Board hopes to install at Main and Pearl Streets.
Hose Cart
Horse drawn hose cart, rescue #3
Hose Running Champs Were Fleet Outsiders - Along With a Few Neola Firemen . . .
Fire Fighters . . . but not runners, as the well-fed look reveals, are these Neola citizens of the early 1900s. The group and their decorated cart have been incorrectly named in the past as the world champion running outfit.
Hospital Addition Construction Begins
Expansion Work . . . has begun at Jennie Edmundson Hospital's emergency entrance area. The new construction will extend along this west wall and to the terraced bluffs on the south side of the hospital. A lot attendant and painted signs direct…
Hospital Marks End Of Waiting - Jennie Edmundson Launches Addition
Spading The Way . . . for the $2,100,000 addition to Jennie Edmundson Hospital is Mrs. Lenora Steeve, president of the Women's Christian Association. Watching are Floyd Hughes Jr., Robert Owen, and association officers, Miss Dorothy Christensen, Mrs.…
Hospital Offers 'Medi-Bus' For Out-Patient Transport
Arriving At Hospital . . . for treatment are G.H. Smith, 1514 S. 6th St., and Ivan Monrad, 214 S. 34th St., in wheelchair. Dick Christensen, the 'Medi-Bus' driver, helps Monrad down the van's ramp while Raymond Uhlhorn, physical therapist, holds the…
Hospital Opens New Unit
This Spacious Lounge . . . is a comfortable area to relax for patients to wait their turn to receive medical attention in one of the outpatient areas.
Hospital Payrolls Surpass $9 Million
Collecting And Arranging . . . employee time cards are Marsha Gibb, Jennie Edmundson Hospital payroll clerk, Vickie Petersen and Carole Plummer. After all time cards are collected and accounted for they will be taken to Council Bluffs Savings Bank…
Hospital Plans New Facilities
Light And Airy Rooms . . . with vast use of glass, will be featured in the patients' rooms in the proposed new Jennie Edmundson Hospital. This is an architect's sketch.