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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…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1952.

Volume LIII.

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

Examining A Crumbling Wall . . . on the Hitchcock House are Doug Travis, left, and Sandy Rhoades. A fund drive is under way to restore the building.

Placed On The National Register . . . of Historic Places in 1979, the Hitchcock House is one of three sites in Cass County listed on the publication. Built about 1854, the structure was used as a hide-out for runaway slaves.

The Hitchcock House . . . sheltered escaped slaves who were making their way toward freedom on the Underground Railroad. The house at one time had a pivoting wall that led to a room where slaves hid from their pursuers.

Patching A Deteriorating Wall . . . will be a big step toward renovating the Hitchcock House. Discussing the project are, from left, Mayor Bill Worth, the Rev. Melvin Ammon and Michael Audino, director of the Southwest Iowa Planning Council.

Ready For Dedication . . . Sunday is the new Lewis School, which replaces a building destroyed by fire.

Great Fireplace . . . in the secret room of the house kept runaway slaves and abolitionists warm.

Where The New Levee Goes - This map designates the location of the Missouri river levee south of Council Bluffs and the three governing bodies under whom it will fall. These bodies have the responsibility of providing land for levee right-of-way and…
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