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Today...there is no longer a Manawa Park as it was known 42 years ago. Nearly the entire park area is now residential. Here C.W. Bain looks over the old park site. The little train ran over this area. The high-gabled house, once a concession…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Engine 999 plied the rails in Manawa Park to thrill thousands of youngsters in 1915 when the park was running full force. Here C. W. Bain was the engineer and fireman on the line, and the picture is from Bain's album. …

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in the gay 90s, when Manawa Park was in full swing, this eating and dancing pavilion was on the north shore of the lake. At that time women wore long full dresses and the men wore stiff hats.