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Old bones pose no threat
The state archeologist will be asked to investigate human skeletal remains discovered protruding from a bank east of Council Bluffs. Pictures is a ribcage. Remains of at least two people may have been buried during Mormon migrations through this…
Pottawattamie County File 3
Marilyn Jo Drake, County Auditor
Pottawattamie County File 3
Arlene Steege, Board of Supervisors
Pottawattamie County File 3
Don Smith, Board of Supervisors
Pottawattamie County File 3
Hubert House, Board of Supervisors
Pottawattamie County File 3
Vivian Ehlers, Board of Supervisors
Pottawattamie County File 3
Wayne Bryant, Board of Supervisors
Antiques still functional in 85-tear-old courthouse
The start of the day . . . for County Recorder Dorothy Letner is opening a gold-lettered safe patented in 1877 and built in Canton, Ohio. A yellowed mountain scene is painted on the inside and outside doors. -- Nonpareil Photos.
Antiques still functional in 85-tear-old courthouse
The magnificent woodwork ... in the courthouse finds its epitome in the judge's bench with an overheard canopy. Associate District Court Judge Ross Caniglia sits on the bench which may have originated in Chicago, Ill.
May take tower off courthouse
Courthouse tower . . .may be removed. The tower, from the base of the Statue of Justice is 100 feet high. --Nonpareil Photo.
Pottawattamie County Courthouse File 1
Courthouse tower
This must be the place
Donna Gell and Bev Frohardt knew their journey from one building to another was over when they found the Pottawattamie County Courthouse sign. They are employees in the County Auditor's Office which is in the midst of moving into the new courthouse.…
Proposal to save courthouse relics
The carving . . . on the counter in the county auditor's office is more notable to Andrew Fahrenkrog, 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fahrenkrog, because he can't see over it. His mother presented a letter to the County board of Supervisors asking that…
Pottawattamie County Courthouse File 2
Centennial lock
Shovel is added to time capsule
Placing items . . . in a time capsule buried Monday near the new Pottawattamie County Courthouse draws interest from spectators present. Everything from slips of paper with names on them to Ms. magazine was dropped into the vault which will be opened…
The Crimson and Blue 1912
1912 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School.
The Crimson and Blue 1913
1913 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School.
The Crimson and Blue 1914
1914 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School.
The Crimson and Blue 1915
1915 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School.
The Crimson and Blue 1916
1916 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School.