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Grading Begins On Interstate 80; Construction Resumes After 5 Years - 'It's A Barrier' to Farmer . . .
End Of Line . . . for the moment on westbound Interstate 80 is a quarter mile west of Highway 71, north of Atlantic. Paving reached this point in 1959.
Grading Begins On Interstate 80; Construction Resumes After 5 Years - 'It's A Barrier' to Farmer . . .
Grading Began . . . last week south of Elk Horn to finally start westward extension of Interstate 80 toward the Missouri River.
Grand Jury Names Eight People In C.B. 'Vice' Investigation
Conferring On "Vice" Probe . . . are County Atty. Matt Walsh and Robert E. Beebe, special assistant attorney general.
Grand Jury Probing Into Gambling Here - Tavern Raid Indicates . . .
Checking Evidence . . . seized in gambling raid is State Agent Richard Carmichael.
Headed For The River
Paving crews for Dugdale Construction Co. of Omaha are pouring concrete paving on Interstate 80 Highway west from Highway 192 to the Spring Street Bridge now being built across the Missouri River. The $2.5 million paving project will be completed…
Highway 92 Is Re-Routed Here - Skips C.B., Crosses South Omaha Bridge
Posting Signs . . . showing the new routing of Highway 92 are Robert Anderson and Frank Aldredge, Iowa Highway Commission employees. This sign is being installed at the junction of Highways 92 and 375.
Highway 92 Widening Plan
The Iowa Highway Commission Tuesday released this drawing of the proposed improvement project on Highway 92 east of Council Bluffs. The plan would reduce from 30 to 4 the number of access points along the stretch of highway. It would also provide…
Highway Is Problem For Council
Public Works Director Maurice Pearce . . . views one of the two bridges on Highway 375 which, according to engineers, is in need of repairs. In the distance is the bridge which carries traffic over several sets of railroad tracks and a portion of…
Honey Creek, Iowa
Reels Cemetery southeast of Honey Creek, Iowa
November 4, 1962
November 4, 1962
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.