Lewis and Clark State Park . . . on Blue Lake near Onawa features lake shore picnic tables and a fine sandy beach. The park extends over 187 acres. The lake covers an additional 991 acres. There's good fishing here.
Old Pioneer Cemetery . . . near Oakland has a dozen marked graves in its quarter-acre plot. Unmarked graves are thought to be under surrounding corn fields. The cemetery is on the farm of Frank Foreman.
Holding Two Gallibeyas . . . or Egyptian dresses is Thomas Jefferson High School teacher R.H. Flanders. He spent part of his summer vacation touring the Middle East and will be passing on his newly acquired knowledge on the subject to T.J. students.
Photograph of businesses on Broadway and North 1st street in Council Blufss, Iowa. T. J. Clark, Grocer; A. S. Beck; S. Stern; Imbrie & Davidson hardware; Johnson Spratler & Co., groceries dry goods.
A Delight . . . for little girls is a doll house, and this doll house has delighted many little girls since its construction near the turn of the century. The doll house, a gift to
Dodge House, is admired by Kimberly Ranch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…
Showing one painting . . . among 80 to 90 works to be purchased from Southwest Iowans and loaned to libraries is Mrs. Lucile Walensky, director of the Southwest Iowa Regional Library System (SWIRLS). Looking on is Theresa Healy, assistant SWIRLS…
This Is The End Of The Paving . . . of Interstate 29 a mile north of Bartlett. The 10-mile stretch south of Council Bluffs to Highway 34, just south of Pacific Junction, is due to open sometime this week, say Iowa Highway Commission officials. The…
Iowa Native . . . Rebecca Ann King, Miss Colorado, walks down the runway after being named Miss America at Atlantic City, N.J. She is formerly from Hancock. - AP Wirephoto
Showing The Signs . . . of its sandblasting in the late 1970s, Harrison County Courthouse looks like new. The concrete and steel building is faced with Bedford limestone and topped with a 78-foot dome.
New at the Beresheim House, 621 Third St., is W. Dendy Sadler's painting "Sweetheart Still." Sadler (1854-1923) created the oil painting, valued at $10,000, in the late 19th or early 20th century after studying in London. It is the gift of Mr. and…