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Lake Manawa's Lifeline
Work of laying the big four-foot concrete pipe that will eventually connect Mosquito Creek with Lake Manawa is now under way. Workmen for Larsen Brothers, contractors, lower the second 10-foot long, five-ton section of pipe into place. The project…
Lakeshore Country Club Looks For More Members
Million-Dollar Facility . . . on the shore of Lake Manawa is seeking new members. Roger Demory, temporary president of the newly named Lakeshore Country Club, walks past the facility.
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…
Lakeview Park
Postcard. Municipal Bathing Beach, Lakeview Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Landmark House Eyed As New Inn - Structure 110 Years Old
The Samuel F. Martin House . . . in Atlantic will one day be a country inn if Michael Audino and his wife, Donna Beason, have their way. The couple plans to replace a tower that once extended from the attic.
Landmark On Way Out
The 26-room, three-story house at 120 So. 6th St., was being wrecked Thursday to make way for the new office of Robert Swassing, accountant, who has purchased the property from the Dr. McMicken Hanchett estate. The house has been unoccupied, except…
Landmark Park Is Inspected
Returning From Inspecting . . . the new Landmark Park facilities are Charles Hannan, chairman of the Council Bluffs Park Board, Col. Alfred Griebling, district engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, L.W. Svendgaard, Blair city…
Large Areas Of Iowa Threatened By Floods; Snow Cover Disappearing Fast
A Cloud Of Fog . . . rises from the ice jam which has sealed off the mouth of the Boyer River. The jam extends upstream well beyond this bridge, which is near the Leonard Crispin farm.
Large New Industry To Open In Council Bluffs - With Annual Payroll Of $350,000
Cheered By Prospects . . . for industrial expansion here are: Orris Dean, T. Joe Smith and Sam C. Prest. Council Bluffs was picked out of an area from Tacoma, Wash., to the Mississippi River.
Last Main Stem Dam
Big Bend Dam, last of the six main stem Missouri River dams authorized by the Pick-Sloan Plan will be dedicated Sept. 15, although final work on the dam will not be completed until next year. The $103 million dam, with its 538,000 kilowatt electric…
Last Minute Landscaping Completed For Lewis School Dedication Program - Crescent Club Women Started Ball Rolling . . .
Ready For Dedication . . . Sunday is the new Lewis School, which replaces a building destroyed by fire.
Last Of Colorful Past To Go; Interstate Wipes Out Stage Line Marker
Only Remaining Evidence...of former stage coach station at Bartlett is this pile of rocks from the fireplace.
Last Piling For City Hall
Last Piling For City Hall...had just been driven when this photo was taken 30years ago. From left in rear are Gordon O'Neill; George Belshaw; unidentified man; Marion O. Hodge; J. Richard Bogue; Richard Barber. Front row: George Hall; Onel Cain;…
Latest Delay In Remodeling Of Hotel Is 'Hot' Water
Water Fills Basement . . . in the Hotel Chieftain and the presence of electrical wires near the water may cause another delay in the building's remodeling.
Lathrop Novelty
Photograph of Lathrop Novelty, 542 West Broadway - Council Bluffs, Iowa.