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Take 140-Mile Drive Through Four Counties - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
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.
Take Drive Through Scenic Hill Country - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Murray Hill . . . prominent bluff on scenic hill drive between Little Sioux and Pisgah is pictured from card window. The road is the Highway 183 detour and is in excellent condition.
Take Drive Through Scenic Hill Country - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
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.
Take Enjoyable Drive Across 2 New Bridges - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Fine River View . . . is seen from Mt. Vernon Garden enroute to historic Bellevue, Neb. Monument commemorates river exploration work of Maximilian, the Prince of Wied, in 1833-34.
Take Enjoyable Drive Across 2 New Bridges - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge . . . spans the Missouri River between Crescent and Florence. It is just north of the old Mormon ferry landing. The bridge was first talked of by the early Crescent settlers about 95 years ago. This photograph was taken…
Drive Along River Is Beautiful, Historical - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
A Page Out Of History . . . is Arbor State Lodge, just outside of Nebraska City on U.S. Highway 75. You can spend a pleasant afternoon here roaming the 65 rolling acres of trees, or visiting the museum housed inside this 52-room home of J. Sterling…
Sidewalk petition may force installation assessment plan
Concil Bluffs City Councilman Sam Irwin has filed a petition from 26 residents asking the city to install a sidewalk along Madison Avenue from Palmer Avenue to Bennett Avenue. There are currently no sidewalks on either side of Madison Avenue--a…
Hoping To Keep . . .
Hoping To Keep . . . the Iowa Association of Realtors traveling trophy for outstanding overall display in Council Bluffs is Realtor Gail A. Clinkenbeard Jr. and Lucille Dempster, the secretary to the Greater Council Bluffs Board of Realtors. The two…
Realtors Register
Checking registration for the Iowa Association of Realtors Convention at the Omaha Hilton Hotel Wednesday is Roger Reelfs, president of the Greater Council Bluffs Board of Realtors. Conferring with Reelfs is Marva Lou McSorley, registration…
Grand Jury Names Eight People In C.B. 'Vice' Investigation
Conferring On "Vice" Probe . . . are County Atty. Matt Walsh and Robert E. Beebe, special assistant attorney general.
Arrested In Vice Raid . . .
Arrested In Vice Raid . . . Waiting to be booked at police station following vice raid in Council Bluffs by state agents early Sunday are, left to right: Walter Jenkins, his wife, Patricia, Alvis Brock and Mary Oylar. With back to camera is Police…
State To Present 'Vice' Information Gleaned By Agent
State Agent Don Hutchinson . . . here six weeks.
State To Present 'Vice' Information Gleaned By Agent
Safety Commissioner Clinton Moyer (left) . . . confers with R.W. (Doc) Nebergall at hotel headquarters here.
Grand Jury Probing Into Gambling Here - Tavern Raid Indicates . . .
Checking Evidence . . . seized in gambling raid is State Agent Richard Carmichael.
New Rest Areas
Travelers along Interstate Highway 29 just south of Council Bluffs take a breather during their driving at one of the two newly opened rest area facilities. Each includes restrooms, picnic areas and a tourist information guide, showing travelers…
I-29 Segment Is Now Open
First Through The U.P. Underpass . . . is the Thomas Jefferson High School Band. The Abraham Lincoln High School Band also participated in the Interstate 29 dedication and opening ceremonies Wednesday afternoon. This section completes Interstate…
It Was A Big Hill At One Time
Giant earth movers south of Council Bluffs along the Interstate 29 route that will eventually link the Bluffs with Kansas City, MO, have gouged out almost an entire hill in their quest for fill dirt. John Thielan, Neola, job foreman for Dusenberg…
Cars Now Lap Gap
One more gap in the Interstate Highway system around Council Bluffs was eliminated Friday as I-29 between Ninth Avenue and North Sixteenth Street was opened to traffic. Traffic may now skirt by Council Bluffs on the north and proceed to the East…
A Good Sign
Highway commission employees erect signs proclaiming the good news of the completion of a segment of Interstate 29 from the I-480 bridge to North Sixteenth Street. The new section, to open Friday, will allow I-29 and U.S. 75 traffic to bypass busy…
Interstate Bridge Work Pushed
These steel pilings - resembling the bony structure of a huge fish stuck in a sand dune - will provide support for a bridge on Interstate 29-80. Work shown here is one of the many phases in the highway project. This span west of Highway 192 on…