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It's H-Day For the Superroad Program
Plastic Sheets . . . are another construction innovation being used on the Interstate project. The plastic us used to simplify the curing of freshly poured concrete. When the new surface is poured, it is immediately covered with huge sheets of the…
It's H-Day For the Superroad Program
Another view . . . of the Interchange site shows the Mormon Trail (parked cars) approaching the new highway from the west. The angle formed by the junction is currently one of the busiest spots in the Interstate project. Machines and men are working…
City Water Supply Is Now Fluoridated - After Long Legal Battle
A Switch Is Thrown . . . by M.E. Rew, adding the first fluoride to city water. Checking fluoridation equipment from left, are: Robert Young, and Carl Blomgren and Daryl Ebert.
Council Bluffs, 1916
A panoramic photograph of Council Bluffs in 1916.
Old soldiers section - Kinsman area - Fairview Cemetery - Council Bluffs, Iowa
Burial details and map for the Kinsman section of the Fairview Cemetery. Researched by Roy D. Linn - Graves Officer, William Kinsman Camp #23 - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Daily Nonpareil Sauganash Memorial Dedication Article
A special issue included in the Sunday, May 24, 2015 issue of the Daily Nonpareil. It covers the Sauganash memorial dedication and documents how Billy Caldwell (Sauganash) led a band of Potawatomi in establishing what would become Council Bluffs.
Daily Nonpareil 2011 Flood Article
A special issue included in the Sunday, November 13, 2011 issue of the Daily Nonpareil. It details the flooding that occurred in Council Bluffs and other Southwest Iowa cities located near the Missouri River.
A Brief History of Council Bluffs Including Telephone Statistics by J. A. Madden
A book about Council Bluffs written by a local manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company. Includes a general history of the city with an emphasis on telephone and technology.
55,733 Persons In Co. Bluffs City Limits; Gain Of 10,304 Since 1950
A "Growing" Story...is told by these figures exhibited by District Census Director Percy A. Lainson
Most C.B. People Marry For Keeps; Females Hold Power; Census Bureau Statistics Reveal
Numbered Districts...show how Council Bluffs was divided for the 1960 population-housing survey.
1897-1904 County Transcript of Death Records
Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for years 1897 - 1904.
1918-19 County Transcript of Death Records
Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1919
1917-18 County Transcript of Death Records
Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1918
1916-17 County Transcript of Death Records
Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1917
1915-16 County Transcript of Death Records
Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1916