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Park Planting: More than 12,000 trees were planted in Arrowhead Park near Neola, Friday. Jerry Engen, on the planter, and contractor, R.W. "Bob" Daubendiek, on the tractor, both of Decorah, examine seedlings with Harold Borwick, executive secretary…

Sitting in Shade . . . at Arrowhead Park is the crowd of 1,000 at dedication ceremonies.

Proposed Park Site . . . near Neola is the big County Conservation project in Pottawattamie County. Executive harold Borwick observes this Arrowhead Park setting.

Picnic shelter at Arrowhead Park

Bridge at Arrowhead Park

Arrowhead Park lake

Goose at Arrowhead Park headquarters

Geese at Arrowhead Park lake

Eighteen-Acre Lake . . . in the largest Pottawattamie County park offers good fishing and its shore makes an attractive spot for picnickers.

Pheasant at Arrowhead Park picnic area

Uprooted tree

Dog near tree

On Ornate Main Stairway...from second to third floor of Bluffs Hotel are Robert and William Knox. The trim of the stairway is walnut. There was no elevator service in the building.

The Bluffs Hotel...really took care of its guests in its hey-day.

Dynamite Blast Rekindles Images...of the deadly explosion at the Bluffs Elevator Co on April 20, 1982. Paulson Construction Company is razing and removing the remnants of the concrete silos. Nonpareil by Steve Glowacki.

The fire rages...last year through the Bluffs Elevator Co. near South 23rd Street and Eighteenth Avenue. The blast, accompanied by a giant fireball, could be heard throughout most of the city.

The search goes on...Saturday afternoon at the Bluffs Elevator Co. for the bodies of three missing men. It was the site of Tuesday's grain elevator explosion and fire. Nonpareil Photo by Bob McKeon.

A Metal Building...begins to crumble and melt as the intense flames, fueled by the wooden elevators, rage out of control Tuesday at Bluffs Elevator Co. Many cars and trucks parked near the elevators were damaged by debris and flames.

Problems With Water Pressure...hampered attempts by Council Bluffs firefighters to control the blaze at the Bluffs Elevator co. Four firefighters attempt to extinguish a car that caught fire nearby. They later hosed down two propane tanks that were…

Arnold Plastics Co. employees operate a bottle-making machine in the firm's rebuilt facilities. A fire which destroyed the plant some months ago has led to more innovations.
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