Photograph of Council Bluffs (Iowa) taken after the flood of 1881. April 11th, from top of residence of A. B. Walker. Corner of 6th avenue and 7th street looking southwest.
Flood Waters . . . run through railroad houses and approach the level of the tracks at Clara section siding west of Crescent. Gazing at water are Illinois-Central railroad men, Eldo Howard, section foreman, Wally McConnell of Fort Dodge, bridge and…