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This Building . . . houses the Glenwood Post Office but would be replaced under a Post Office Department plan.

Company A, 1st Battle Group, 168th Infantry of the Iowa National Guard, has moved into its new armory at Glenwood. Although some work remains to be completed, the unit has been using the armory for drills. The building, 124 feet wide by 148 feet…

Third Structure . . . housing Glenwood's Grace Methodist congregation, is marking its 100th birthday Sunday; this church was built in 1900.

Glenwood, Iowa #1

Floods of 1987

Floods of 1984

Flood's Over, Huh?: The recent flood in Mills and Fremont counties may be gone but the water lingers on in many sections of the river bottom. Taken this week, this picture of the Newell Lorimor farm home east of Bartlett reveals why the 'moving back'…

Flood-Soaked Soybeans . . . stored in this metal bin on the Claude Robertson farm have literally blown the bin apart. Several other metal bins, including a quonset building holding several thousand bushels of shelled corn, have started to bulge and…

A Tense Moment . . . results when Fremont County sheriff, Al Christopher, in white hat, advises group of Bartlett residents that their town will be flooded.

Shelves Are Emptied . . . in the Bartlett general store by owners Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ware after news of impending flood danger is received.

An Evacuation Route . . . is kept open by diking Mills county road G into Bartlett. National Guard trucks shuttle in and out of the flood threatened area.