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Curve Competition:
Poised during the swimsuit competition at the Miss Council Bluffs pageant are eventual winner Noreen Sorensen, runner-up Mary Kay Trafton, Sandra Pierce, Brenda Bertelsen and Phyllis Anderson.
Pageant Entrants:
These 10 girls will vie Friday evening at Clarinda for the title of Miss Southwest Iowa with the winner of the Lions Club sponsored event competing in the Miss Iowa pageant at Clear Lake. Pictured here at left, back to front are Judy Brewer of…
Bedford's Jan Beemer 'Miss Southwest Iowa' June 14, 1964
Miss Southwest Iowa Finalists . . . left to right, Gayle Tarpenning of Shenandoah, Pat Horning of Clarinda, Jan Beemer of Bedford, Nancy Timberlake of Bedford and Kay Dowell of Coin.
Mississippi Is 'The Life' - Southwest Iowans Seem At Home With River . . . July 29, 1962
Ol' Swimming Hole . . . in Wild Cat Den State Park between Davenport and Muscatine is formed by a dam built in 1832. The building, Pine Creek Mill, went to work in 1850.
Scale Model Of Missouri River
Water Flows Through . . . miniature navigation channel of engineer project at Mead, Neb.
Army Model Of Missouri Helped Save Local Levees
This Is Council Bluffs . . . as viewed by employees of the U.S. army engineers at the Waterways Experiment Station near Clinton Miss. No. 1 is the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge river gauge; 2 - Union Pacific tracks; 3 - Twenty-ninth avenue, old Indian Creek…
3 More Rock Dikes Planned For River Here
Current Diversion . . . in Missouri River is accomplished by this rock dock jutting out from Council Bluffs shore, just north of I-480 bridge.
Missouri River
File #1: 5/23/88
Rock Dikes . . . are an important part of the Missouri River stabilization work. These above Councill Bluffs were seen on a river inspection trip between Blair and Nebraska City, Neb. Rock being used on these dikes was taken from the bottom of the…
Downriver Exploration For 100 Hardy Iowans - Sioux City To Missouri Valley
Rainy Weather Attire . . . was the order of the day as members of the Missouri River tour group gathered at the embarkation dock in Sioux City. Nearly 100 people made the 120-mile downriver trip to Missouri Valley.
Stabilized River Seen Within 10 Years - Will Cost 62 Million . . . . April 17, 1955
Looking Directly Downstream . . . from the present pilot channel in the Missouri River the viewer looks across the area where the river will be channeled to take directly under the Decatur Bridge in the distance.
Special Design:
This structure is the new First Lutheran Church at Missouri Valley, a $120,000 building specially designed for the congregation by Donald R. Hollis, architect of Kansas City. The church will seat approximately 300 and is complete with kitchen,…
Church Winding Up Centennial Event - Missouri Valley First Presbyterian
Present Pastor . . . The Rev. Edward C. Fish is pictured with former pastors Paul Figge, Robert T. McDill, Charles Horejs, J.M. Logan, Howard B. Dukelow and A.J. Kearns.
1868 City Directory
Bushnell's Business and Resident Directory of Council Bluffs, 1868.
Containing a history and general review of the city and what it contains. Also a map of city and railroads. July 1, 1868. Compiled and published by Joseph P. Bushnell.
Containing a history and general review of the city and what it contains. Also a map of city and railroads. July 1, 1868. Compiled and published by Joseph P. Bushnell.
1866 City Directory and Emigrants' Guide
Directory of the city of Council Bluffs and emigrants' guide to the gold regions of the west, 1866 by W. S. Burke.
Photograph of Jean and Inez Bregant
Portrait of Jean and Inez Bregant