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It Was A Horse Of A Different Color
It Was A Horse Of A Different Color...about 12 hours before this picture was taken on East Pierce Street. Dense, wet snow returned to the Bluffs area Friday morning, after the welcome thaw. Cars had to turn on headlights and drivers again reverted…
Ignoring Chilly Temperatures
Ignoring Chilly Temperatures, Orland Leitch dangles about 150 feet above the ground on Radio Station KRCB's new AM-FM tower near South Omaha Bridge Road. The station's old tower is at left and will be dismantled when the new 330-foot tower is…
The Rush Isn't Over Yet
General Delivery Clerk Henry Christensen, 210 Greenview Drive, prepares to stuff a load of mail into a rented box at the Council Bluffs Post Office. Although this year's volume of Christmas mail was down slightly from last year, postal authorities…
A Shot In The Arm
Kindergartener Richard Cox, of Sunnydale School, braces for a shot of red measles vaccine administered by Dean Rich of the state department of health. The "gun" he used Thursday at a vaccination clinic at Hoover School is painless. Assisting him…
Nippy Temperatures
Nippy Temperatures...in Council Bluffs early Wednesday caused a variety of happenings. Russell Madsen, 1227 Sixth Ave.,m found his glasses fogged up from the 28 degree reading at 9 a.m. The lowest reading here was 18 at 3 a.m. Nonpareil Photo by…
Lakeshore Tracks
Tracks make a noticeable pattern as they lead to and from the water's edge at Big Lake Park, north of Council Bluffs, as the seasons first big snow remains in the area Wednesday. Reflections of the trees can be seen in the edge of lake. Nonpareil…
An 8-Wheel 'Dropout'
Louis Crawley, 164 Greenhaven Road, was driving his semi-tractor loaded with about 30,000 pounds of groceries over the Broadway Viaduct Wednesday morning when he saw the signal at Eighth Street and Broadway turn red. He applied the truck's brakes…
Target: A Fat Pheasant
Area hunters tramped into the fields in Southwest Iowa Saturday as pheasant season officially opened with an audible bang at 8 a.m. Peter Trzeciak, 1312 N. Broadway, was on hand to try his skill east of Council Bluffs. Game predictions place Western…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.,…
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 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…
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.
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,…