Manmade Peninsula . . . extends into the Missouri River to allow workmen to work on piers for the new Interstate Highway Bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha. The pier at the end of the sand jetty is the only one in the river. Four are in various…
When October becomes summer-warm, a walk outdoors brings an autumn bonus. Judy Juel, a Harlan High School junior, cuddles the feathery fall blooms of Pampas grass by a farm pond. The weather has been ideal for enjoying the fall colors.
Among the summer recreation facilities . . . in Southwest Iowa is Prairie Rose State Park located 14 miles northeast of the junction of Interstate 80 and Highway 59 and about 10 miles west of Elk Horn. Boating, fishing and swimming is permitted at…
The New Iowa Clothes Shop should open early in June. Pete Lee, owner-manager, said that store will move into the new section to allow remodeling of the present location. When the total project is completed, possibly in September, the store will have…
Likely choice...as the site for a new eastside high school is the Sunbeam Home property shown here from Bennett Ave. It is the only ground on which the Board of Education has been able to obtain a purchase option.
At The Site...where the steamship Bertrand rests in the gloomy deep, Public Use Specialist Steve Frick surveys ropes marking the outline of the hull. Frick said officials are worried that the Bertrand is deteriorating after being resubmerged for…
Hundreds of person daily find the receded shoreline at Lake Manawa a good place to relax and enjoy the beauties of nature. Especially during the evening hours, many fishermen drive right down to the water's edge. Here a lone fisherman holds down a…
Hundreds of persons daily find the receded shoreline at Lake Manawa a good place to relax and enjoy the beauties of nature. Especially during the evening hours, many fishermen drive right down to the water's edge. Here a lone fisherman holds down a…
Stretching toward a lost horizon, ice locked Lake Manawa reflects a dying December sunset in this view from the northeast shore. Half shrouded by the cold gloom, deserted Campbell's boat dock waits in vain for fair weather fishermen to come and…
When the sun set west of this farm near Quick, cold rays bold-trimmed the clouds that cry of winter as they cross the Iowa sky. And the feed-stocked silo raised a stiff, silent finger in defense.
Greeting . . . the new Council Bluffs Schools superintendent, Dr. William L. Lepley, is School Board veteran member Kenneth Petersen (left). Petersen has been on the board for six years and is the longest standing member. Lepley started his Bluffs…
The plans for this new supermarket at Twenty-eighth St. and West Broadway were revealed Saturday by Hinky-Dinky Stores of Omaha. Grading for the $300,000 structure has been started. The store will open late in the spring of 1957 and employ 100…
On The Way To Bellevue, Neb. . . . motorists traveling west on Highway 370 south of Council Bluffs will pass over this soon-to-be-completed bridge. Interstate 29, that will eventually link Kansas City and points south with Council Bluffs, will run…
Boston-area businessman Michael Angel, formerly of Underwood, gestures while speaking at a Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors public hearing Monday. -Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.