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4th Generation On Dolph Homestead; Settled in 1849
Dolph Homestead...is shown in this drawing by Miss Ellen Dolph. Home was built nearly 80 years ago. The cement walk across the front yard was the first of its kind in Mills County. Some of the original shrubs and bushes still grown in the yard.
Disaster Team Touring SWI Flood Damage - Up To 17 Inches Of Rain
A Local Traffic Bridge . . . over the West Nishnabotna River at the east edge of Harlan is covered by flood waters. The bridge sustained similar punishment from the Nishnabotna in 1947 but continued to stand. City officials didn't feel the steel…
Old Couple Evacuated
Watching The Water . . . as it slowly rises in their front yard at Oakland are Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith.
Ray Inspects Flooding; Asking Disaster Relief
Gov. Robert Ray . . . flew to Oakland Thursday to view firsthand the damage caused by flooding early this week. He talked with one homeowner, Bob Cleveland (foreground), about damage to his home. Later Ray flew to Red Oak and Corning to view flood…
Flood Waters . . .
Flood Waters . . . from the Nishnabotna River north of Hamburg rolled over thousands of acres of cropland before the waters began to recede Saturday. In the center along the grove of trees is the normal path of the Nishnabotna but the waters…
Dams: $26 Million Industry - Richter Stresses Recreation Need
(top) Silver Creek Dam . . . south of Treynor would provide a reservoir with 2,400 surface-acres of water, if approved by the Board of Review for Rivers and Harbors in Washington, D.C.
(bottom) Graybill Creek . . . near Macedonia would be…
(bottom) Graybill Creek . . . near Macedonia would be…
Nissen: Teen-Agers Have More Opportunities
Henry Nissen, a guidance counselor at Missouri Valley High School, will retire July 1 after nearly four decades as guidance counselor and coach. He spent 31 years at Missouri Valley High School.
Small crow gathers for Mural Dedication
Signing Her Name... to the balloon mural at Sixth Street and Broadway Saturday is Council Bluffs artist Marcia Joffe-Bouska. She won the $500 for the best design in the contest, which was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Small crowd gathers for mural dedication
Council Bluffs mime, Jay Cady, entertained the crowd at the Sixth and Broadway Balloon mural dedication ceremony.
Chipping Away
Leroy Latiker, an employee of Andersen Construction of Council Bluffs, was on top of things Tuesday as he chipped old plaster off the south of the American Legion building on Pearl Street. The wall will be replastered and repainted.
Russian visitors enjoy Council Bluffs
At the Sister Cities charter signing ceremony, toasts were made by Council Bluffs Mayor Thomas P. Hanafan (left in photo) Tobolsk Mayor Arcady Yelfimov, interpreter Sergei Ageyev and Jan Sutherland, president of the Sisiter Cities Association board.
Soviet catches up with tour
R.H. Fanders (left) and Sergei Ageyev greet Tobolsk Petrochemical General Director Vladimir Judin and Tobolsk Mayor Arcady Yelfimov.
Mural Wall on Hite Center comes down
Motorists driving east on West Broadway have watched the mural painted on the side of the Hite Center by Michael Brannigan slowly disappearing, row by row. By now, it is just a pile of colorful bricks. Jim Myers of Anderson Excavation and Wrecking…
Sister City mayors get together
Tobolsk Mayor Arcady G. Yelfimov (left) shares a few private moments with Council Bluffs Mayor Thomas P. Hanafan and interpreter Sergei M. Ageyev after the Sister City charter signing ceremony held at Community Hall this morning as part of a visit by…
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