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CB_CD_1954 ocr.pdf
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1954.

Volume LIV.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business…

CB_CD_1957 ocr.pdf
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1957.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places,…

CB_CD_1959 pt.1 ocr.pdf
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1959.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places,…

CB_CD_1961 pt.1 ocr.pdf
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1961.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places,…

CB_CD_1962 pt.1 ocr.pdf
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1962.

Contains:
- Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
- Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
- Complete street and avenue…

CB Dir 1879 start front cover end back cover ocr.pdf
S. T. Walker & Company's City Directory of Council Bluffs, Iowa for 1879.

Comprising a complete list of the citizens of Council Bluffs, with places of business and residence, together with a list of churches, schools, banks, newspapers, secret and…

Bridges F577.tif
Photograph of the Simons print showing the first temporary railroad bridge across the Missouri river.


Printed at bottom of image: "First temporary bridge between C Bluffs and Omaha with first train of cars crossing, Winter of 1867."

Mormons M676c.tif
Postcard of the Mormon Social House in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Mormons P518.tif
Sketch of the Mormon Tabernacle, Council Bluffs, 1848.

Blockhouse.png
Etching of a sketch by George Simons showing the Blockhouse, converted into a mission by Pierre-Jean De Smet.

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Simons C686c.tif
Drawing of Council Bluffs in 1853.

1-Simons Print  - Bellevue, Nebraska.jpg
Notes written on drawing:
3. Indian Mission
2. Sarpy's new home
1. Sarpy's old home
P. Sarpy Indian Agent, "Omaha" tribe of Indiana whose village was near Bellevue

1-Simons Print  - Congregational Church 1855.jpg
Caption: Congregational Church erected in 1854 & 1855 on Pearl St. ground now occupied by [...] block begun in Aug 1854 and finished in Spring of 1855. Vacated Sept. 12, 1869.

1-Simons Print  - Home of Sylvanus Dodge.jpg
Drawing of the home of Sylvanus Dodge. Caption:
NE Corner 4th St. & North St.
Home of Sylvanus Dodge (D 1871) and his widow Julia Dodge (D 1888) and of N. P. Dodge 1858-1864. Erected in 1858 & occupied by Mrs. J. T. Dodge.

1-Simons Print  - Indian Skinning a buffalo on the plains.jpg
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

1-Simons Print  - Sioux City, Iowa.jpg
Drawing of Sioux City Iowa, 1856.

1-Simons Print  - twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.jpg
Twenty Ninth Iowa Infantry in Winter Quarters. Little Rock, AK. Winter 1864 & 65.

1-Simons Print - 1st Claim cabin in Nebraska.tif
The first Claim Cabin built in Nebraska by Dan Norton in 1853 between Omaha & Bellevue.

1-Simons Print - 1st Grist Mill.tif
First Grist Mill in Pott County built by S E ... for Pott tribe of Indians, located on Mosquito Creek, afterwards known as Parks Mill. Sketches in 1854. Rebuilt in 1852.
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