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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.
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