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Old Photo Shows Carriage House At Dodge Home
Old Carriage House...at residence of the late Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, looked like this in 1910. The picture was taken from Fairview Avenue.
Approach Work Is Begun For Bridge - New Highway Is Being Laid West Of Crescent
Crews Begin Paving . . . highway approach to a new Missouri River bridge. Highway 75 and 30A at Crescent run across bottom of picture. Highway approach to bridge runs to west.
Mormon Bridge To Open Dec. 15 - Formal Dedication Planned Next Spring
New Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge . . . will be opened to traffic on Dec. 15. The bridge spans the Missouri River between Crescent, Ia., and Florence, Neb.
Mormon Bridge Opens To Traffic - About 200 Attend Brief Ceremonies
Official Caravan . . . heads across new Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge at opening ceremonies Sunday. Lead car carries Marine officers headed by Maj. Robert Wray of Ft. Omaha.
Dedicate New Mormon Bridge - Winds Up Two Days Of Sober Tributes
On Speakers' Platform . . . at bridge dedication are Marvin G. Schmid, Mormon First President J. Reuben Clark Jr., and Gov. William S. Beardsley.
Travelers To Iowa May Have To Pay Toll To Reach State - When I-680 Span Is Built
Toll May Still Be Collected . . . at the Mormon Bridge once a new interstate structure is constructed by the states of Iowa and Nebraska within the next three years. Iowa legislators don't relish the idea.
Twin Is Planned For Mormon Bridge
Soon To Be Joined . . . by another two-lane span just north of it is the Mormon Bridge across the Missouri river west of Crescent. Officials hope construction can start this year.
Twins Growing More Alike
Twin spans of the Mormon Bridge look more alike every day. The structure on the right is new and will carry westbound traffic of Interstate Highway 680 when the bridge is completed next year. Workmen are currently pouring concrete for the new deck…
Iowa, Neb. Share Bridge - Mormon Bridge Ownership Change
Spanning The Not-So-Muddy Missouri River . . . is the Mormon Bridge north of Council Bluffs. The toll bridge is to be turned over to the states of Nebraska and Iowa in March. Nebraska will do the maintenance; but both states will foot the bill.
Trail Development Moving Slowly
Mormon Trail Marker South Of Council Bluffs
Creek-Lake Diversion Job May Start Late This Fall
Proposed Diversion Project . . . from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. The dotted line shows the route of the four-foot tube from the diversion structure on the creek to the lake.
Weather Is Key To Lake Project - Manawa To Get A Summer Drink
Sand Bars . . . add dramatic proof to the current plight of Lake Manawa. Normally, the water would extend past the boardwalk in the foreground.
Creek-Lake Diversion Tried 40 Years Ago - Simple Solution To Water Problem At That Time . . .
(top) An Early Project . . . to divert Mosquito Creek into Lake Manawa was centered around this makeshift creek dam near the eastern edge of the lake. This 40-year-old photo shows John Walton, Charley Keyes and Harry Cook standing on the downstream…
Engineer To Send Water Through Lake-Creek Tube - Testing For Defects . . .
Impounded Water . . . helped by upstream rains, backs up behind the Mosquito Creek-Lake Manawa diversion structure.
Weir On Mosquito Creek first In The State Of Iowa
Heavy Equipment . . . is moving thousands of cubic yards of earth from the bed of Mosquito Creek to form the base for a large dam.
Undercover Work At Dam
Inside The Shelter . . . construction laborer Willard Stultz, 1624 Fourth Ave., works at the intake end of the big concrete tube that carries water from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. Glen Durst, construction technician for the State Conservation…
Spite House Taken Down
The wrecker's hammer delt [sic] the firs blow to the "spite" house opposite the Historic Gen. Dodge Homes at Story and Third streets Tuesday morning. The large old home will be removed to make a small park. Legen has it that the frame Squire house…
Dodge House Membership Drive Now in Full Swing
Brass Trimmed Wood Box...originally from the General Dodge House, will be returned "home" as a gift of the late Mr. and Mrs. E H. Lougee, John Schoentgen, of Pasadena, Califl., a nephew of Mrs. Lougee, looks at the fine chest. November 8, 1970
Journey Through Bluffs Yields Adventure Of Rail Expansion West
The Gen. Grenville M. Dodge Mansion Is Only The Highlight...of the many monuments and historical sites revealing the history of the railroad's western push, and the building of the city of Council Bluffs. A journey around the city and through the…
1972 Iowa Landmark Plate; Historic Dodge House
Iowa The Beautiful Land...is the message on the rim of the Heritage Plate encircling the miniature sculpture of the Historic General Dodge House. The plate is show by designer and producer Judy Sutcliffe of Greentree Pottery, Auduon.